Medium Purple#9E43A2

#9E43A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.169 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Medium Purple — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#9E43A2
RGB	rgb(158, 67, 162)
HSL	hsl(297, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(297, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 58.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.08, 50.93, -34.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.08, 61.39, 326.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.94% 0.1401 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(53.94% 0.169 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6288, 13.8934, 35.6652)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E43A2 #47A243

analogous

#6F43A2 #9E43A2 #A24376

triadic

#9E43A2 #A29E43 #43A29E

tetradic

#9E43A2 #A26F43 #47A243 #4376A2

square

#9E43A2 #A26F43 #47A243 #4376A2

split-complementary

#9E43A2 #76A243 #43A26F

monochromatic

#4A1F4B #743177 #9E43A2 #BB64BF #CE8FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#9E43A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#9E43A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E43A2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E43A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E43A2	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3661A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A24F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e43a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 67, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.169 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7cbe',
    500: '#9e43a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e43a2;
$custom-light: #bd7cbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e43a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.474,
    "s": 41.485,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53944,
    "c": 0.1691,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E43A2

secondary

#87BC85

accent

#D1565C

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F7EEF7

border

#D0C9D0

text

#120A12

muted

#817C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E43A2

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

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