#9E178B#9E178B

#9E178B is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.202 H 335.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E178B
RGB	rgb(158, 23, 139)
HSL	hsl(308, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.4%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, 62.59, -30.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 69.80, 333.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% 0.1832 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.202 335.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0674, 9.7478, 25.2984)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E178B #179E2A

analogous

#6D179E #9E178B #9E1748

triadic

#9E178B #8B9E17 #178B9E

tetradic

#9E178B #9E6D17 #179E2A #17489E

square

#9E178B #9E6D17 #179E2A #17489E

split-complementary

#9E178B #489E17 #179E6D

monochromatic

#33072D #690F5C #9E178B #D31FBA #E54BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#9E178B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#9E178B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E178B

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E178B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E178B	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#164C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A62653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e178b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 23, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.202 335.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf69ad',
    500: '#9e178b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e178b;
$custom-light: #bf69ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e178b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48721,
    "c": 0.20179,
    "h": 335.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E178B

secondary

#4AC65C

accent

#F15137

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#130710

muted

#827A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E178B

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

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