#9E28A5#9E28A5

#9E28A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.206 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E28A5
RGB	rgb(158, 40, 165)
HSL	hsl(297, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(297, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 75.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, 62.18, -41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 74.97, 326.04°)
OKLab	oklab(51.36% 0.17 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(51.36% 0.206 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6504, 11.5047, 36.6703)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E28A5 #2FA528

analogous

#5F28A5 #9E28A5 #A5286D

triadic

#9E28A5 #A59E28 #28A59E

tetradic

#9E28A5 #A55F28 #2FA528 #286DA5

square

#9E28A5 #A55F28 #2FA528 #286DA5

split-complementary

#9E28A5 #6DA528 #28A55F

monochromatic

#401042 #6F1C74 #9E28A5 #C73BCF #D56CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#9E28A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#9E28A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E28A5

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E28A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E28A5	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4464A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A23E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e28a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 40, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.206 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6fc0',
    500: '#9e28a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e28a5;
$custom-light: #be6fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e28a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.64,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51356,
    "c": 0.20613,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E28A5

secondary

#6CC267

accent

#E4444D

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E28A5

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

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