#9F23CA#9F23CA

#9F23CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.241 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F23CA
RGB	rgb(159, 35, 202)
HSL	hsl(285, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(285, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 82.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.52, 70.49, -60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.52, 92.76, 319.46°)
OKLab	oklab(53.64% 0.17 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(53.64% 0.241 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5580, 12.8382, 56.9974)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F23CA #4ECA23

analogous

#4C23CA #9F23CA #CA23A2

triadic

#9F23CA #CA9F23 #23CA9F

tetradic

#9F23CA #CA4C23 #4ECA23 #23A2CA

square

#9F23CA #CA4C23 #4ECA23 #23A2CA

split-complementary

#9F23CA #A2CA23 #23CA4C

monochromatic

#4D1162 #761A96 #9F23CA #B94AE0 #CD7FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#9F23CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9F23CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F23CA

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F23CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F23CA	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1467C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B4E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f23ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 35, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.241 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c16fdb',
    500: '#9f23ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f23ca;
$custom-light: #c16fdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f23ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.551,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53643,
    "c": 0.24076,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F23CA

secondary

#8FD178

accent

#ED3B69

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EDFB

border

#D1C8D4

text

#130815

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F23CA

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

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