#9F21CA#9F21CA

#9F21CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.5% C 0.242 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F21CA
RGB	rgb(159, 33, 202)
HSL	hsl(285, 72%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(285, 84%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 83.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.34, 71.00, -60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.34, 93.33, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(53.52% 0.1713 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(53.52% 0.242 315)
XYZ	xyz(25.5008, 12.7239, 56.9783)
Luminance	0.1272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F21CA #4CCA21

analogous

#4B21CA #9F21CA #CA21A0

triadic

#9F21CA #CA9F21 #21CA9F

tetradic

#9F21CA #CA4B21 #4CCA21 #21A0CA

square

#9F21CA #CA4B21 #4CCA21 #21A0CA

split-complementary

#9F21CA #A0CA21 #21CA4B

monochromatic

#4C1061 #761895 #9F21CA #BA47E1 #CE7CEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#9F21CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#9F21CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F21CA

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F21CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F21CA	1.00	5.92	3.54	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1167C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f21ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 33, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.5% 0.242 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16fdb',
    500: '#9f21ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f21ca;
$custom-light: #c16fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f21ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.734,
    "s": 71.915,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53521,
    "c": 0.24223,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.12723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F21CA

secondary

#8DD275

accent

#EF3967

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130815

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F21CA

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

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