#9E36D7#9E36D7

#9E36D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.235 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E36D7
RGB	rgb(158, 54, 215)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 74.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.38, 66.87, -63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.38, 91.98, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.91% 0.1516 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(55.91% 0.235 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6831, 14.8143, 65.6779)
Luminance	0.1481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E36D7 #6FD736

analogous

#4E36D7 #9E36D7 #D736BF

triadic

#9E36D7 #D79E36 #36D79E

tetradic

#9E36D7 #D74E36 #6FD736 #36BFD7

square

#9E36D7 #D74E36 #6FD736 #36BFD7

split-complementary

#9E36D7 #BFD736 #36D74E

monochromatic

#58187A #7C22AD #9E36D7 #B769E1 #CF9CEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.30

#9E36D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.96

#9E36D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E36D7

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E36D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E36D7	1.00	5.30	3.96	5.30
#FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#086DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e36d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 54, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.235 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c078e4',
    500: '#9e36d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e36d7;
$custom-light: #c078e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e36d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.758,
    "s": 66.805,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55913,
    "c": 0.23459,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E36D7

secondary

#AAD792

accent

#EA3E7B

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E36D7

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

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