#9C36BA#9C36BA

#9C36BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.208 H 317.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C36BA
RGB	rgb(156, 54, 186)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 71%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, 60.63, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 78.57, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1529 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.208 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8911, 13.2524, 47.7444)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C36BA #54BA36

analogous

#5A36BA #9C36BA #BA3696

triadic

#9C36BA #BA9C36 #36BA9C

tetradic

#9C36BA #BA5A36 #54BA36 #3696BA

square

#9C36BA #BA5A36 #54BA36 #3696BA

split-complementary

#9C36BA #96BA36 #36BA5A

monochromatic

#4C1A5B #74288B #9C36BA #B65DD0 #CB8DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#9C36BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#9C36BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C36BA

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C36BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C36BA	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A69B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c36ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 54, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.208 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd76cf',
    500: '#9c36ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c36ba;
$custom-light: #bd76cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c36ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53648,
    "c": 0.2076,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C36BA

secondary

#93C884

accent

#DE496B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C36BA

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

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