#9F27A6#9F27A6

#9F27A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.208 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F27A6
RGB	rgb(159, 39, 166)
HSL	hsl(297, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(297, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 76.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.54, 62.87, -42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.54, 75.77, 326.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1719 -0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.208 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9061, 11.5766, 37.1497)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F27A6 #2EA627

analogous

#6027A6 #9F27A6 #A6276D

triadic

#9F27A6 #A69F27 #27A69F

tetradic

#9F27A6 #A66027 #2EA627 #276DA6

square

#9F27A6 #A66027 #2EA627 #276DA6

split-complementary

#9F27A6 #6DA627 #27A660

monochromatic

#401043 #701B74 #9F27A6 #C83AD1 #D66BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#9F27A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#9F27A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F27A6

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F27A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F27A6	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0056A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4465A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A33E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f27a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 39, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.208 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf6fc1',
    500: '#9f27a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f27a6;
$custom-light: #bf6fc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f27a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.693,
    "s": 61.951,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51491,
    "c": 0.20836,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F27A6

secondary

#6BC366

accent

#E5434C

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#130812

muted

#827B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F27A6

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

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