#9C3CC9#9C3CC9

#9C3CC9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.214 H 312.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C3CC9
RGB	rgb(156, 60, 201)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.97, 61.24, -55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.97, 82.83, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.26% 0.1454 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(55.26% 0.214 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8669, 14.5174, 56.6866)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C3CC9 #69C93C

analogous

#553CC9 #9C3CC9 #C93CAF

triadic

#9C3CC9 #C99C3C #3CC99C

tetradic

#9C3CC9 #C9553C #69C93C #3CAFC9

square

#9C3CC9 #C9553C #69C93C #3CAFC9

split-complementary

#9C3CC9 #AFC93C #3CC955

monochromatic

#531E6D #782B9C #9C3CC9 #B46CD6 #CD9CE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#9C3CC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#9C3CC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C3CC9

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C3CC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C3CC9	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c3cc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 60, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.214 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ada',
    500: '#9c3cc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c3cc9;
$custom-light: #bd7ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c3cc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.851,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55259,
    "c": 0.2143,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C3CC9

secondary

#A5D091

accent

#E04878

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C3CC9

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

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