#9C57BE#9C57BE

#9C57BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.165 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C57BE
RGB	rgb(156, 87, 190)
HSL	hsl(280, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(280, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 54.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.01, 46.06, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.01, 62.97, 317.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.98% 0.1132 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(57.98% 0.165 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4112, 17.6027, 50.7116)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C57BE #79BE57

analogous

#6957BE #9C57BE #BE57AD

triadic

#9C57BE #BE9C57 #57BE9C

tetradic

#9C57BE #BE6957 #79BE57 #57ADBE

square

#9C57BE #BE6957 #79BE57 #57ADBE

split-complementary

#9C57BE #ADBE57 #57BE69

monochromatic

#592B6F #7C3C9C #9C57BE #B683CF #D0AFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#9C57BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#9C57BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C57BE

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C57BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C57BE	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C71C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5376BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c57be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 87, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.165 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc89d2',
    500: '#9c57be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c57be;
$custom-light: #bc89d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c57be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.194,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5798,
    "c": 0.16497,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C57BE

secondary

#B1CEA3

accent

#D4547E

background

#FBF8FC

surface

#F7F0F9

border

#D0CBD2

text

#120C14

muted

#817D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C57BE

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

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