#9E229E#9E229E

#9E229E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.206 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E229E
RGB	rgb(158, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(300, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(300, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, 62.80, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 74.09, 327.95°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% 0.1753 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.206 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8439, 10.8833, 33.3440)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E229E #229E22

analogous

#60229E #9E229E #9E2260

triadic

#9E229E #9E9E22 #229E9E

tetradic

#9E229E #9E6022 #229E22 #22609E

square

#9E229E #9E6022 #229E22 #22609E

split-complementary

#9E229E #609E22 #229E60

monochromatic

#390C39 #6C176C #9E229E #D02DD0 #DC5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#9E229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#9E229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E229E

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E229E	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0053A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#46629B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A33760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.206 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6dbb',
    500: '#9e229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e229e;
$custom-light: #bf6dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50487,
    "c": 0.20647,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E229E

secondary

#5BC15B

accent

#E84040

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E229E

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

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