#9F36BB#9F36BB

#9F36BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.210 H 318.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F36BB
RGB	rgb(159, 54, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(287, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 71.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.65, 61.46, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.65, 79.06, 321.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% 0.1565 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.21 318.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5856, 13.5982, 48.3338)
Luminance	0.1360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F36BB #52BB36

analogous

#5C36BB #9F36BB #BB3695

triadic

#9F36BB #BB9F36 #36BB9F

tetradic

#9F36BB #BB5C36 #52BB36 #3695BB

square

#9F36BB #BB5C36 #52BB36 #3695BB

split-complementary

#9F36BB #95BB36 #36BB5C

monochromatic

#4E1B5C #77288C #9F36BB #B85ED0 #CD8DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#9F36BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#9F36BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F36BB

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F36BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F36BB	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6AB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f36bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 54, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.210 318.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf77d0',
    500: '#9f36bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f36bb;
$custom-light: #bf77d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f36bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.368,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54123,
    "c": 0.20968,
    "h": 318.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F36BB

secondary

#93C984

accent

#DF4969

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F36BB

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

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