#9E5B97#9E5B97

#9E5B97 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.118 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E5B97
RGB	rgb(158, 91, 151)
HSL	hsl(306, 27%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(306, 42%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.4%, 4.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 36.58, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 42.31, 329.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.86% 0.1035 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(56.86% 0.118 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4273, 16.9869, 31.3170)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E5B97 #5B9E62

analogous

#845B9E #9E5B97 #9E5B76

triadic

#9E5B97 #979E5B #5B979E

tetradic

#9E5B97 #9E845B #5B9E62 #5B769E

square

#9E5B97 #9E845B #5B9E62 #5B769E

split-complementary

#9E5B97 #769E5B #5B9E84

monochromatic

#502E4D #774572 #9E5B97 #B680B0 #CCA7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#9E5B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#9E5B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E5B97

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E5B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E5B97	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e5b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 91, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.118 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc8bb5',
    500: '#9e5b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e5b97;
$custom-light: #bc8bb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e5b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.269,
    "s": 26.908,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56861,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E5B97

secondary

#9ABA9E

accent

#C36E65

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F7F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120C11

muted

#817D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E5B97

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

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