#9D36B2#9D36B2

#9D36B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.201 H 320.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D36B2
RGB	rgb(157, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(290, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 59.31, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 74.94, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(53.27% 0.1547 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(53.27% 0.201 320.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2587, 13.0220, 43.3992)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D36B2 #4BB236

analogous

#5F36B2 #9D36B2 #B23689

triadic

#9D36B2 #B29D36 #36B29D

tetradic

#9D36B2 #B25F36 #4BB236 #3689B2

square

#9D36B2 #B25F36 #4BB236 #3689B2

split-complementary

#9D36B2 #89B236 #36B25F

monochromatic

#4A1A54 #742883 #9D36B2 #B959CD #CD88DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#9D36B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9D36B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D36B2

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D36B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D36B2	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4269AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E4D70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d36b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.201 320.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd76ca',
    500: '#9d36b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d36b2;
$custom-light: #bd76ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d36b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.839,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53274,
    "c": 0.20086,
    "h": 320.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D36B2

secondary

#8BC57F

accent

#DD4B64

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#120913

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D36B2

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

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