#9C3CD9#9C3CD9

#9C3CD9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.229 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C3CD9
RGB	rgb(156, 60, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.06, 64.61, -63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.06, 90.39, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.1432 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.229 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8480, 15.3099, 67.1203)
Luminance	0.1531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C3CD9 #79D93C

analogous

#4E3CD9 #9C3CD9 #D93CC8

triadic

#9C3CD9 #D99C3C #3CD99C

tetradic

#9C3CD9 #D94E3C #79D93C #3CC8D9

square

#9C3CD9 #D94E3C #79D93C #3CC8D9

split-complementary

#9C3CD9 #C8D93C #3CD94E

monochromatic

#591981 #7C23B5 #9C3CD9 #B66FE3 #D0A2ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#9C3CD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#9C3CD9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C3CD9

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C3CD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C3CD9	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#096ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c3cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 60, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.229 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ae6',
    500: '#9c3cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c3cd9;
$custom-light: #be7ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c3cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.688,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56378,
    "c": 0.22947,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C3CD9

secondary

#B1DA97

accent

#EA3E81

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C3CD9

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

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