#9F179D#9F179D

#9F179D is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.215 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F179D
RGB	rgb(159, 23, 157)
HSL	hsl(301, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(301, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.5%, 1.3%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, 65.50, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 76.73, 328.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.184 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.215 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.6901, 10.4197, 32.8132)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F179D #179F19

analogous

#5D179F #9F179D #9F1759

triadic

#9F179D #9D9F17 #179D9F

tetradic

#9F179D #9F5D17 #179F19 #17599F

square

#9F179D #9F5D17 #179F19 #17599F

split-complementary

#9F179D #599F17 #179F5D

monochromatic

#340833 #6A0F68 #9F179D #D41FD2 #E54BE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#9F179D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#9F179D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F179D

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F179D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F179D	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44619A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5315D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f179d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 23, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.215 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c06aba',
    500: '#9f179d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f179d;
$custom-light: #c06aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f179d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.882,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49935,
    "c": 0.21479,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F179D

secondary

#4BC74D

accent

#F13936

background

#FCF6FB

surface

#F8ECF6

border

#D1C7D0

text

#130712

muted

#827A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F179D

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

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