#9E27A6#9E27A6

#9E27A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.208 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E27A6
RGB	rgb(158, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(296, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(296, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 76.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 62.66, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 75.75, 325.82°)
OKLab	oklab(51.34% 0.1708 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(51.34% 0.208 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7085, 11.4748, 37.1404)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E27A6 #2FA627

analogous

#5E27A6 #9E27A6 #A6276F

triadic

#9E27A6 #A69E27 #27A69E

tetradic

#9E27A6 #A65E27 #2FA627 #276FA6

square

#9E27A6 #A65E27 #2FA627 #276FA6

split-complementary

#9E27A6 #6FA627 #27A65E

monochromatic

#401043 #6F1B74 #9E27A6 #C73AD1 #D56BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#9E27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#9E27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E27A6

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E27A6	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4364A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A23E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.208 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6fc1',
    500: '#9e27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e27a6;
$custom-light: #be6fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.22,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5134,
    "c": 0.20792,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E27A6

secondary

#6CC366

accent

#E5434D

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E27A6

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

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