#9C36D3#9C36D3

#9C36D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.230 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C36D3
RGB	rgb(156, 54, 211)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 65.67, -61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 90.17, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1497 -0.1751)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.23 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7851, 14.4100, 62.9858)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C36D3 #6DD336

analogous

#4E36D3 #9C36D3 #D336BC

triadic

#9C36D3 #D39C36 #36D39C

tetradic

#9C36D3 #D34E36 #6DD336 #36BCD3

square

#9C36D3 #D34E36 #6DD336 #36BCD3

split-complementary

#9C36D3 #BCD336 #36D34E

monochromatic

#551A75 #7925A7 #9C36D3 #B568DE #CD9AE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#9C36D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#9C36D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C36D3

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C36D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C36D3	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#106CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c36d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 54, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.230 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be77e1',
    500: '#9c36d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c36d3;
$custom-light: #be77e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c36d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.981,
    "s": 64.082,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55368,
    "c": 0.23035,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C36D3

secondary

#A8D590

accent

#E7417B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C36D3

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

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