#9F36C8#9F36C8

#9F36C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.221 H 314.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F36C8
RGB	rgb(159, 54, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 73%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.49, 64.01, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.49, 85.01, 318.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.99% 0.1552 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(54.99% 0.221 314.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0408, 14.1803, 55.9977)
Luminance	0.1418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F36C8 #5FC836

analogous

#5636C8 #9F36C8 #C836A8

triadic

#9F36C8 #C89F36 #36C89F

tetradic

#9F36C8 #C85636 #5FC836 #36A8C8

square

#9F36C8 #C85636 #5FC836 #36A8C8

split-complementary

#9F36C8 #A8C836 #36C856

monochromatic

#521C68 #792998 #9F36C8 #B666D6 #CD96E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#9F36C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#9F36C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F36C8

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F36C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F36C8	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B567C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f36c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 54, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.221 314.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c077d9',
    500: '#9f36c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f36c8;
$custom-light: #c077d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f36c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.151,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54987,
    "c": 0.2213,
    "h": 314.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F36C8

secondary

#9ECE8C

accent

#E14772

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F36C8

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

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