#9E23CA#9E23CA

#9E23CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.240 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E23CA
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 202)
HSL	hsl(284, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(284, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 82.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.36, 70.33, -60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.36, 92.80, 319.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.5% 0.1688 -0.1712)
OKLCH	oklch(53.5% 0.24 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3604, 12.7364, 56.9881)
Luminance	0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E23CA #4FCA23

analogous

#4B23CA #9E23CA #CA23A3

triadic

#9E23CA #CA9E23 #23CA9E

tetradic

#9E23CA #CA4B23 #4FCA23 #23A3CA

square

#9E23CA #CA4B23 #4FCA23 #23A3CA

split-complementary

#9E23CA #A3CA23 #23CA4B

monochromatic

#4C1162 #751A96 #9E23CA #B84AE0 #CD7FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#9E23CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#9E23CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E23CA

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E23CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E23CA	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1167C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A4E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e23ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.240 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06fdb',
    500: '#9e23ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e23ca;
$custom-light: #c06fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e23ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.192,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53503,
    "c": 0.24044,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E23CA

secondary

#8FD178

accent

#ED3B6A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130815

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E23CA

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

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