#9E23B1#9E23B1

#9E23B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.220 H 321.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E23B1
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 177)
HSL	hsl(292, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(292, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.65, 65.75, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.65, 81.80, 323.50°)
OKLab	oklab(51.76% 0.1731 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(51.76% 0.22 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6365, 11.6468, 42.6422)
Luminance	0.1164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E23B1 #36B123

analogous

#5723B1 #9E23B1 #B1237D

triadic

#9E23B1 #B19E23 #23B19E

tetradic

#9E23B1 #B15723 #36B123 #237DB1

square

#9E23B1 #B15723 #36B123 #237DB1

split-complementary

#9E23B1 #7DB123 #23B157

monochromatic

#430F4B #70197E #9E23B1 #C339D8 #D26CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.31

#9E23B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#9E23B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E23B1

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E23B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E23B1	1.00	6.31	3.33	6.31
#FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0057B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3864AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A0426B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e23b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.220 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6ec9',
    500: '#9e23b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e23b1;
$custom-light: #bf6ec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e23b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.972,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51758,
    "c": 0.22031,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E23B1

secondary

#74C868

accent

#EA3E55

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EDF8

border

#D1C8D1

text

#130813

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E23B1

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

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