#9C72BA#9C72BA

#9C72BA is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C72BA
RGB	rgb(156, 114, 186)
HSL	hsl(275, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(275, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.1%, 38.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 30.23, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 43.79, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% 0.0739 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.115 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.5889, 22.6481, 49.3103)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C72BA #90BA72

analogous

#7872BA #9C72BA #BA72B4

triadic

#9C72BA #BA9C72 #72BA9C

tetradic

#9C72BA #BA7872 #90BA72 #72B4BA

square

#9C72BA #BA7872 #90BA72 #72B4BA

split-complementary

#9C72BA #B4BA72 #72BA78

monochromatic

#5E3A77 #7E4EA0 #9C72BA #B99BCE #D6C4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#9C72BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#9C72BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C72BA

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C72BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C72BA	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6481BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E84B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c72ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 114, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9bcf',
    500: '#9c72ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c72ba;
$custom-light: #ba9bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c72ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 34.286,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62169,
    "c": 0.11461,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C72BA

secondary

#C2D2B6

accent

#CA5D8B

background

#FBF9FC

surface

#F6F2F9

border

#D0CCD2

text

#120E13

muted

#817E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C72BA

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

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