#9D6497#9D6497

#9D6497 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.101 H 330.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D6497
RGB	rgb(157, 100, 151)
HSL	hsl(306, 23%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(306, 36%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 31.24, -18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 36.26, 329.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.0881 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.101 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0474, 18.5179, 31.5798)
Luminance	0.1852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D6497 #649D6A

analogous

#86649D #9D6497 #9D647A

triadic

#9D6497 #979D64 #64979D

tetradic

#9D6497 #9D8664 #649D6A #647A9D

square

#9D6497 #9D8664 #649D6A #647A9D

split-complementary

#9D6497 #7A9D64 #649D86

monochromatic

#52344F #784C73 #9D6497 #B589B0 #CCAFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#9D6497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#9D6497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D6497

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D6497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D6497	1.00	4.46	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707A95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d6497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 100, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.101 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb91b5',
    500: '#9d6497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d6497;
$custom-light: #bb91b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d6497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 22.53,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58245,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D6497

secondary

#A2BBA4

accent

#BF7269

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F1F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120D11

muted

#817E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D6497

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

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