#9C57BB#9C57BB

#9C57BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.162 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C57BB
RGB	rgb(156, 87, 187)
HSL	hsl(281, 42%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(281, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 53.5%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 45.41, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 61.49, 317.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1129 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.162 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0867, 17.4729, 49.0025)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C57BB #76BB57

analogous

#6A57BB #9C57BB #BB57A8

triadic

#9C57BB #BB9C57 #57BB9C

tetradic

#9C57BB #BB6A57 #76BB57 #57A8BB

square

#9C57BB #BB6A57 #76BB57 #57A8BB

split-complementary

#9C57BB #A8BB57 #57BB6A

monochromatic

#582C6C #7C3D97 #9C57BB #B683CD #CFAEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#9C57BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#9C57BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C57BB

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C57BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C57BB	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F70BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5576B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c57bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 87, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.162 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb89d0',
    500: '#9c57bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c57bb;
$custom-light: #bb89d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c57bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.4,
    "s": 42.373,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5781,
    "c": 0.16168,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C57BB

secondary

#AFCCA2

accent

#D2567C

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F7F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C57BB

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

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