#9C3897#9C3897

#9C3897 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.174 H 329.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C3897
RGB	rgb(156, 56, 151)
HSL	hsl(303, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(303, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.1%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.43, 53.35, -31.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.43, 62.15, 329.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.77% 0.1507 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(51.77% 0.174 329.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7102, 12.1321, 30.5231)
Luminance	0.1213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C3897 #389C3D

analogous

#6F389C #9C3897 #9C3865

triadic

#9C3897 #979C38 #38979C

tetradic

#9C3897 #9C6F38 #389C3D #38659C

square

#9C3897 #9C6F38 #389C3D #38659C

split-complementary

#9C3897 #659C38 #389C6F

monochromatic

#421840 #6F286B #9C3897 #C051BB #D17ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.13

#9C3897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#9C3897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C3897

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C3897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C3897	1.00	6.13	3.43	6.13
#FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F599A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A24362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c3897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 56, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.174 329.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc76b6',
    500: '#9c3897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c3897;
$custom-light: #bc76b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c3897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51767,
    "c": 0.17439,
    "h": 329.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C3897

secondary

#76BA79

accent

#D75851

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EDF6

border

#D0C8D0

text

#120911

muted

#817B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C3897

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

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