#9F5F9B#9F5F9B

#9F5F9B is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.116 H 329.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F5F9B
RGB	rgb(159, 95, 155)
HSL	hsl(304, 25%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(304, 40%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 2.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 35.46, -21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 41.64, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.0995 -0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.116 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3063, 17.9231, 33.1832)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F5F9B #5F9F63

analogous

#835F9F #9F5F9B #9F5F7B

triadic

#9F5F9B #9B9F5F #5F9B9F

tetradic

#9F5F9B #9F835F #5F9F63 #5F7B9F

square

#9F5F9B #9F835F #5F9F63 #5F7B9F

split-complementary

#9F5F9B #7B9F5F #5F9F83

monochromatic

#523150 #794876 #9F5F9B #B685B3 #CDABCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#9F5F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#9F5F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F5F9B

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F5F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F5F9B	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C709D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A36476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f5f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 95, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.116 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8eb8',
    500: '#9f5f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f5f9b;
$custom-light: #bd8eb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f5f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.75,
    "s": 25.197,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57812,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F5F9B

secondary

#9EBBA0

accent

#C26C66

background

#FBF8FB

surface

#F7F0F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#120C11

muted

#817D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F5F9B

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

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