#9C5B99#9C5B99

#9C5B99 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.119 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5B99
RGB	rgb(156, 91, 153)
HSL	hsl(303, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 1.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 36.31, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 42.84, 327.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% 0.1016 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.119 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2008, 16.8511, 32.1613)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5B99 #5B9C5E

analogous

#7E5B9C #9C5B99 #9C5B78

triadic

#9C5B99 #999C5B #5B999C

tetradic

#9C5B99 #9C7E5B #5B9C5E #5B789C

square

#9C5B99 #9C7E5B #5B9C5E #5B789C

split-complementary

#9C5B99 #789C5B #5B9C7E

monochromatic

#4F2E4D #754473 #9C5B99 #B580B2 #CBA6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#9C5B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#9C5B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5B99

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5B99	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 91, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.119 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8bb7',
    500: '#9c5b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5b99;
$custom-light: #ba8bb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.769,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56704,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5B99

secondary

#9AB99B

accent

#C36965

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120C11

muted

#817D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5B99

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

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