#9E36BC#9E36BC

#9E36BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.210 H 317.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E36BC
RGB	rgb(158, 54, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.56, 61.44, -50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.56, 79.50, 320.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.05% 0.1552 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(54.05% 0.21 317.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4955, 13.5393, 48.8903)
Luminance	0.1354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E36BC #54BC36

analogous

#5B36BC #9E36BC #BC3697

triadic

#9E36BC #BC9E36 #36BC9E

tetradic

#9E36BC #BC5B36 #54BC36 #3697BC

square

#9E36BC #BC5B36 #54BC36 #3697BC

split-complementary

#9E36BC #97BC36 #36BC5B

monochromatic

#4E1B5D #76288C #9E36BC #B75ED1 #CC8EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#9E36BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#9E36BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E36BC

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E36BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E36BC	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e36bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 54, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.210 317.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be76d1',
    500: '#9e36bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e36bc;
$custom-light: #be76d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e36bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.567,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54051,
    "c": 0.21017,
    "h": 317.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E36BC

secondary

#94C985

accent

#DF496B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E36BC

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

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