#9C498F#9C498F

#9C498F is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.141 H 333.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C498F
RGB	rgb(156, 73, 143)
HSL	hsl(309, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(309, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 8.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 44.02, -23.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 49.71, 332.33°)
OKLab	oklab(53.51% 0.1267 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(53.51% 0.141 333.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0508, 13.8176, 27.5396)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C498F #499C56

analogous

#80499C #9C498F #9C4965

triadic

#9C498F #8F9C49 #498F9C

tetradic

#9C498F #9C8049 #499C56 #49659C

square

#9C498F #9C8049 #499C56 #49659C

split-complementary

#9C498F #659C49 #499C80

monochromatic

#492243 #723569 #9C498F #B969AC #CC93C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#9C498F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9C498F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C498F

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C498F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C498F	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#486091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#606C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A24E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c498f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 73, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.141 333.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb7fb0',
    500: '#9c498f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c498f;
$custom-light: #bb7fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c498f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.398,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53509,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 333.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C498F

secondary

#88B890

accent

#CC6D5C

background

#FBF7FA

surface

#F7EEF4

border

#D0C9CE

text

#120A10

muted

#817C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C498F

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

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