#9C23CA#9C23CA

#9C23CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.240 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C23CA
RGB	rgb(156, 35, 202)
HSL	hsl(283, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(283, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 82.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.05, 70.00, -61.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.05, 92.89, 318.90°)
OKLab	oklab(53.23% 0.1663 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(53.23% 0.24 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9701, 12.5351, 56.9698)
Luminance	0.1253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C23CA #51CA23

analogous

#4923CA #9C23CA #CA23A5

triadic

#9C23CA #CA9C23 #23CA9C

tetradic

#9C23CA #CA4923 #51CA23 #23A5CA

square

#9C23CA #CA4923 #51CA23 #23A5CA

split-complementary

#9C23CA #A5CA23 #23CA49

monochromatic

#4B1162 #741A96 #9C23CA #B74AE0 #CC7FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#9C23CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#9C23CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C23CA

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C23CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C23CA	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0666C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#974E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c23ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 35, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.240 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6fdb',
    500: '#9c23ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c23ca;
$custom-light: #be6fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c23ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.473,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53226,
    "c": 0.23984,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C23CA

secondary

#90D178

accent

#ED3B6C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130815

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C23CA

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

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