#9F36B4#9F36B4

#9F36B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.203 H 320.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F36B4
RGB	rgb(159, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(290, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(290, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 70%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.22, 60.13, -46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.22, 75.89, 322.40°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.1569 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.203 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8545, 13.3058, 44.4829)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F36B4 #4BB436

analogous

#6036B4 #9F36B4 #B4368A

triadic

#9F36B4 #B49F36 #36B49F

tetradic

#9F36B4 #B46036 #4BB436 #368AB4

square

#9F36B4 #B46036 #4BB436 #368AB4

split-complementary

#9F36B4 #8AB436 #36B460

monochromatic

#4C1A56 #752885 #9F36B4 #BA5ACD #CE89DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#9F36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#9F36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F36B4

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F36B4	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426AB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A04D71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.203 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf76cb',
    500: '#9f36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f36b4;
$custom-light: #bf76cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53677,
    "c": 0.20349,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F36B4

secondary

#8CC680

accent

#DD4B63

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#130913

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F36B4

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

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