#9E36B4#9E36B4

#9E36B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.203 H 320.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E36B4
RGB	rgb(158, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.07, 59.91, -46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.07, 75.87, 322.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.54% 0.1557 -0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(53.54% 0.203 320.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6569, 13.2039, 44.4737)
Luminance	0.1320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E36B4 #4CB436

analogous

#5F36B4 #9E36B4 #B4368B

triadic

#9E36B4 #B49E36 #36B49E

tetradic

#9E36B4 #B45F36 #4CB436 #368BB4

square

#9E36B4 #B45F36 #4CB436 #368BB4

split-complementary

#9E36B4 #8BB436 #36B45F

monochromatic

#4B1A56 #752885 #9E36B4 #B95ACD #CD89DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.77

#9E36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.64

#9E36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E36B4

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E36B4	1.00	5.77	3.64	5.77
#FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4169B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F4D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.203 320.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be76cb',
    500: '#9e36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e36b4;
$custom-light: #be76cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.524,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53538,
    "c": 0.20306,
    "h": 320.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E36B4

secondary

#8CC680

accent

#DD4B64

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E36B4

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

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