#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
RGB	rgb(156, 85, 153)
HSL	hsl(303, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.80, 39.57, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.80, 46.65, 328.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1108 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.13 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7082, 15.8660, 31.9971)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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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
##9C5599	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9C5599

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

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