#9E2599#9E2599

#9E2599 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.200 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E2599
RGB	rgb(158, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(302, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(302, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.6%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 61.11, -36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 71.07, 329.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% 0.1729 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.2 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.5118, 10.8938, 31.1532)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E2599 #259E2A

analogous

#66259E #9E2599 #9E255C

triadic

#9E2599 #999E25 #25999E

tetradic

#9E2599 #9E6625 #259E2A #255C9E

square

#9E2599 #9E6625 #259E2A #255C9E

split-complementary

#9E2599 #5C9E25 #259E66

monochromatic

#3B0E39 #6C1969 #9E2599 #CF31C8 #DA63D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#9E2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#9E2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E2599

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E2599	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)

#13529C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4365E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.200 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6eb7',
    500: '#9e2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e2599;
$custom-light: #be6eb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.479,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50407,
    "c": 0.19984,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E2599

secondary

#5FC063

accent

#E54943

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF6

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130811

muted

#827B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E2599

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

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