#9C3CA5#9C3CA5

#9C3CA5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.181 H 324.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C3CA5
RGB	rgb(156, 60, 165)
HSL	hsl(295, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(295, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 63.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 54.14, -38.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 66.21, 324.84°)
OKLab	oklab(53% 0.1467 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(53% 0.181 324.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1171, 13.0175, 36.9377)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C3CA5 #45A53C

analogous

#683CA5 #9C3CA5 #A53C7A

triadic

#9C3CA5 #A59C3C #3CA59C

tetradic

#9C3CA5 #A5683C #45A53C #3C7AA5

square

#9C3CA5 #A5683C #45A53C #3C7AA5

split-complementary

#9C3CA5 #7AA53C #3CA568

monochromatic

#471B4B #722C78 #9C3CA5 #BA5BC3 #CD88D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#9C3CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9C3CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C3CA5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C3CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C3CA5	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E69A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F4C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c3ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 60, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.181 324.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc79c0',
    500: '#9c3ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c3ca5;
$custom-light: #bc79c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c3ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.857,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52997,
    "c": 0.18092,
    "h": 324.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C3CA5

secondary

#84BE7F

accent

#D6515D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EEF7

border

#D0C9D0

text

#120912

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C3CA5

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

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