#9C23B1#9C23B1

#9C23B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.220 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C23B1
RGB	rgb(156, 35, 177)
HSL	hsl(291, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(291, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.9%, 80.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.32, 65.37, -49.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.32, 81.82, 323.03°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1708 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.22 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2462, 11.4456, 42.6239)
Luminance	0.1144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C23B1 #38B123

analogous

#5523B1 #9C23B1 #B1237F

triadic

#9C23B1 #B19C23 #23B19C

tetradic

#9C23B1 #B15523 #38B123 #237FB1

square

#9C23B1 #B15523 #38B123 #237FB1

split-complementary

#9C23B1 #7FB123 #23B155

monochromatic

#420F4B #6F197E #9C23B1 #C039D8 #D16CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#9C23B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#9C23B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C23B1

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C23B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C23B1	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3663AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D426B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c23b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 35, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.220 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6ec9',
    500: '#9c23b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c23b1;
$custom-light: #bd6ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c23b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.127,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51463,
    "c": 0.21954,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C23B1

secondary

#76C868

accent

#EA3E57

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130813

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C23B1

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

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