#9E17A0#9E17A0

#9E17A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.217 H 327.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E17A0
RGB	rgb(158, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(299, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(299, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, 65.78, -41.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 77.93, 327.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.1827 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.217 327.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.7518, 10.4215, 34.1695)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E17A0 #19A017

analogous

#5917A0 #9E17A0 #A0175D

triadic

#9E17A0 #A09E17 #17A09E

tetradic

#9E17A0 #A05917 #19A017 #175DA0

square

#9E17A0 #A05917 #19A017 #175DA0

split-complementary

#9E17A0 #5DA017 #17A059

monochromatic

#340835 #690F6A #9E17A0 #D31FD6 #E34CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#9E17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#9E17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E17A0

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E17A0	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#41609D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3335F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.217 327.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6abd',
    500: '#9e17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e17a0;
$custom-light: #bf6abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.124,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49962,
    "c": 0.21653,
    "h": 327.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E17A0

secondary

#4EC74C

accent

#F13639

background

#FCF6FB

surface

#F8ECF6

border

#D1C7D0

text

#130712

muted

#827A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E17A0

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

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