#9E159C#9E159C

#9E159C is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.215 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E159C
RGB	rgb(158, 21, 156)
HSL	hsl(301, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(301, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 86.7%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.21, 65.54, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.21, 76.77, 328.62°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% 0.1841 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.215 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3693, 10.2074, 32.3434)
Luminance	0.1021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E159C #159E17

analogous

#5C159E #9E159C #9E1557

triadic

#9E159C #9C9E15 #159C9E

tetradic

#9E159C #9E5C15 #159E17 #15579E

square

#9E159C #9E5C15 #159E17 #15579E

split-complementary

#9E159C #579E15 #159E5C

monochromatic

#320731 #680E67 #9E159C #D41CD1 #E747E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#9E159C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#9E159C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E159C

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E159C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E159C	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4305C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e159c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 21, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.215 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf69ba',
    500: '#9e159c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e159c;
$custom-light: #bf69ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e159c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.876,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49618,
    "c": 0.21493,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E159C

secondary

#47C749

accent

#F33735

background

#FCF6FB

surface

#F8ECF6

border

#D1C7D0

text

#130711

muted

#827A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E159C

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

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