#9E178D#9E178D

#9E178D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.203 H 334.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E178D
RGB	rgb(158, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(308, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(308, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.4%, 10.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 62.88, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 70.54, 333.05°)
OKLab	oklab(48.83% 0.1832 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(48.83% 0.203 334.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2149, 9.8068, 26.0751)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E178D #179E28

analogous

#6C179E #9E178D #9E1749

triadic

#9E178D #8D9E17 #178D9E

tetradic

#9E178D #9E6C17 #179E28 #17499E

square

#9E178D #9E6C17 #179E28 #17499E

split-complementary

#9E178D #499E17 #179E6C

monochromatic

#33072E #690F5D #9E178D #D31FBD #E54BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#9E178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#9E178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E178D

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E178D	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A62754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.203 334.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf69af',
    500: '#9e178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e178d;
$custom-light: #bf69af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48833,
    "c": 0.20315,
    "h": 334.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E178D

secondary

#4AC65A

accent

#F14E37

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#130710

muted

#827A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E178D

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

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