#9C229E#9C229E

#9C229E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.206 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C229E
RGB	rgb(156, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(299, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(299, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.04, 62.39, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.04, 74.05, 327.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% 0.1732 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.206 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4536, 10.6821, 33.3257)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C229E #249E22

analogous

#5E229E #9C229E #9E2262

triadic

#9C229E #9E9C22 #229E9C

tetradic

#9C229E #9E5E22 #249E22 #22629E

square

#9C229E #9E5E22 #249E22 #22629E

split-complementary

#9C229E #629E22 #229E5E

monochromatic

#390C39 #6A176C #9C229E #CE2DD0 #DA5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#9C229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#9C229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C229E

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C229E	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44619B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A13860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.206 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6dbb',
    500: '#9c229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c229e;
$custom-light: #bd6dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.032,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50177,
    "c": 0.20556,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C229E

secondary

#5CC15B

accent

#E84043

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C229E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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