#9E4E99#9E4E99

#9E4E99 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.143 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E4E99
RGB	rgb(158, 78, 153)
HSL	hsl(304, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(304, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.6%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.66, 43.87, -26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.66, 51.22, 328.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.1236 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.143 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5745, 15.0191, 31.8408)
Luminance	0.1502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E4E99 #4E9E53

analogous

#7B4E9E #9E4E99 #9E4E71

triadic

#9E4E99 #999E4E #4E999E

tetradic

#9E4E99 #9E7B4E #4E9E53 #4E719E

square

#9E4E99 #9E7B4E #4E9E53 #4E719E

split-complementary

#9E4E99 #719E4E #4E9E7B

monochromatic

#4C264A #753A71 #9E4E99 #B971B4 #CD9ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#9E4E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#9E4E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E4E99

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E4E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E4E99	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49659C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e4e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 78, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.143 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd83b7',
    500: '#9e4e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e4e99;
$custom-light: #bd83b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e4e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54964,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E4E99

secondary

#8EBA91

accent

#CA655E

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F7EFF6

border

#D0CAD0

text

#120B11

muted

#817C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E4E99

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

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