#9C279D#9C279D

#9C279D is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.200 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C279D
RGB	rgb(156, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(299, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(299, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.50, 60.71, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.50, 71.92, 327.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.1689 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.2 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5213, 10.9548, 32.9254)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C279D #289D27

analogous

#61279D #9C279D #9D2763

triadic

#9C279D #9D9C27 #279D9C

tetradic

#9C279D #9D6127 #289D27 #27639D

square

#9C279D #9D6127 #289D27 #27639D

split-complementary

#9C279D #639D27 #279D61

monochromatic

#3B0F3B #6B1B6C #9C279D #CB35CD #D866D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#9C279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#9C279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C279D

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C279D	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A53A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#47629A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A13A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.200 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd6eba',
    500: '#9c279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c279d;
$custom-light: #bd6eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.492,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50489,
    "c": 0.19992,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C279D

secondary

#62BF61

accent

#E34446

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#120812

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C279D

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

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