#9C5EA3#9C5EA3

#9C5EA3 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.124 H 323.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C5EA3
RGB	rgb(156, 94, 163)
HSL	hsl(294, 27%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(294, 42%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 42.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.15, 36.61, -26.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.15, 45.46, 323.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% 0.0992 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.124 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3232, 17.7186, 36.7820)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C5EA3 #65A35E

analogous

#795EA3 #9C5EA3 #A35E87

triadic

#9C5EA3 #A39C5E #5EA39C

tetradic

#9C5EA3 #A3795E #65A35E #5E87A3

square

#9C5EA3 #A3795E #65A35E #5E87A3

split-complementary

#9C5EA3 #87A35E #5EA379

monochromatic

#523156 #77477D #9C5EA3 #B485B9 #CCACD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#9C5EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#9C5EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C5EA3

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C5EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C5EA3	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5670A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6777A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E6679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c5ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 94, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.124 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8dbe',
    500: '#9c5ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c5ea3;
$custom-light: #ba8dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c5ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.913,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57655,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C5EA3

secondary

#A2BE9F

accent

#C4646E

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F6F0F7

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120C12

muted

#817D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C5EA3

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

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