#9C5397#9C5397

#9C5397 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.131 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5397
RGB	rgb(156, 83, 151)
HSL	hsl(304, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 3.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 40.27, -24.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 47.02, 328.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.1134 -0.0662)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.131 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3892, 15.4900, 31.0827)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5397 #539C58

analogous

#7D539C #9C5397 #9C5373

triadic

#9C5397 #979C53 #53979C

tetradic

#9C5397 #9C7D53 #539C58 #53739C

square

#9C5397 #9C7D53 #539C58 #53739C

split-complementary

#9C5397 #739C53 #539C7D

monochromatic

#4C284A #743E70 #9C5397 #B676B2 #CB9EC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#9C5397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#9C5397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5397

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5397	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A1596E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 83, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.131 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb86b5',
    500: '#9c5397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5397;
$custom-light: #bb86b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.11,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55351,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5397

secondary

#92B995

accent

#C76861

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6EFF6

border

#D0CAD0

text

#120B11

muted

#817C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5397

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

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