#9E21CA#9E21CA

#9E21CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.242 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E21CA
RGB	rgb(158, 33, 202)
HSL	hsl(284, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(284, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 83.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.19, 70.84, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.19, 93.38, 319.34°)
OKLab	oklab(53.38% 0.1701 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(53.38% 0.242 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3033, 12.6220, 56.9691)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E21CA #4DCA21

analogous

#4A21CA #9E21CA #CA21A1

triadic

#9E21CA #CA9E21 #21CA9E

tetradic

#9E21CA #CA4A21 #4DCA21 #21A1CA

square

#9E21CA #CA4A21 #4DCA21 #21A1CA

split-complementary

#9E21CA #A1CA21 #21CA4A

monochromatic

#4C1061 #751895 #9E21CA #B947E1 #CD7CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#9E21CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#9E21CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E21CA

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E21CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E21CA	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D66C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e21ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 33, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.242 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06fdb',
    500: '#9e21ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e21ca;
$custom-light: #c06fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e21ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.379,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53381,
    "c": 0.24192,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E21CA

secondary

#8DD275

accent

#EF3968

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130815

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E21CA

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

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