#9C39BE#9C39BE

#9C39BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.208 H 316.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C39BE
RGB	rgb(156, 57, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 70%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 60.23, -51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 79.07, 319.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% 0.1495 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.208 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4663, 13.7128, 50.0633)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9C39BE #5BBE39

analogous

#5A39BE #9C39BE #BE399D

triadic

#9C39BE #BE9C39 #39BE9C

tetradic

#9C39BE #BE5A39 #5BBE39 #399DBE

square

#9C39BE #BE5A39 #5BBE39 #399DBE

split-complementary

#9C39BE #9DBE39 #39BE5A

monochromatic

#4F1D60 #752B8F #9C39BE #B564D0 #CB93DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#9C39BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#9C39BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C39BE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C39BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C39BE	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c39be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 57, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.208 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd78d2',
    500: '#9c39be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c39be;
$custom-light: #bd78d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c39be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.662,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54213,
    "c": 0.20765,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C39BE

secondary

#9ACA89

accent

#DD4B70

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C39BE

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

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