#9E21BC#9E21BC

#9E21BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.231 H 318.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E21BC
RGB	rgb(158, 33, 188)
HSL	hsl(288, 70%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(288, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 82.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.20, 68.25, -54.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.20, 87.19, 321.51°)
OKLab	oklab(52.38% 0.1729 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(52.38% 0.231 318.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7203, 11.9888, 48.6318)
Luminance	0.1199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E21BC #3FBC21

analogous

#5021BC #9E21BC #BC218C

triadic

#9E21BC #BC9E21 #21BC9E

tetradic

#9E21BC #BC5021 #3FBC21 #218CBC

square

#9E21BC #BC5021 #3FBC21 #218CBC

split-complementary

#9E21BC #8CBC21 #21BC50

monochromatic

#460F54 #721888 #9E21BC #BE3DDD #D071E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#9E21BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#9E21BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E21BC

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E21BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E21BC	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B65B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D4671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e21bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 33, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.231 318.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6ed1',
    500: '#9e21bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e21bc;
$custom-light: #bf6ed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e21bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.387,
    "s": 70.136,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52377,
    "c": 0.23068,
    "h": 318.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E21BC

secondary

#7FCD6C

accent

#ED3B5D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF9

border

#D1C8D2

text

#130814

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E21BC

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

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