#9C5599#9C5599

#9C5599 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.130 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9C5599
RGBrgb(156, 85, 153)
HSLhsl(303, 29%, 47%)
HSVhsv(303, 46%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 45.5%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(46.80, 39.57, -24.70)
CIE-LCHlch(46.80, 46.65, 328.03°)
OKLaboklab(55.75% 0.1108 -0.0674)
OKLCHoklch(55.75% 0.13 328.7)
XYZxyz(22.7082, 15.8660, 31.9971)
Luminance0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9C5599 #559C58
analogous
#7C559C #9C5599 #9C5576
triadic
#9C5599 #999C55 #55999C
tetradic
#9C5599 #9C7C55 #559C58 #55769C
square
#9C5599 #9C7C55 #559C58 #55769C
split-complementary
#9C5599 #769C55 #559C7C
monochromatic
#4D2A4B #743F72 #9C5599 #B678B3 #CBA0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03
#9C5599 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17
#9C5599 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5599
5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9C5599#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9C55991.005.034.175.03
#FFFFFF5.031.0021.001.00
#0000004.1721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.031.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#50699B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#647297
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A05B70
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9c5599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 85, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.130 328.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb87b7',
    500: '#9c5599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9c5599;
$custom-light: #bb87b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9c5599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.535,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55752,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9C5599
secondary
#94B996
accent
#C66662
background
#FBF8FB
surface
#F6F0F6
border
#D0CBD0
text
#120B11
muted
#817C80

Preview Lab

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#9C5599 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva