#9237A9#9237A9

#9237A9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.187 H 318.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9237A9
RGB	rgb(146, 55, 169)
HSL	hsl(288, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(288, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 67.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.75, 54.66, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.75, 70.07, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(51.3% 0.1406 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(51.3% 0.187 318.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3807, 11.7089, 38.7149)
Luminance	0.1171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9237A9 #4EA937

analogous

#5937A9 #9237A9 #A93787

triadic

#9237A9 #A99237 #37A992

tetradic

#9237A9 #A95937 #4EA937 #3787A9

square

#9237A9 #A95937 #4EA937 #3787A9

split-complementary

#9237A9 #87A937 #37A959

monochromatic

#42194D #6A287B #9237A9 #B155C8 #C684D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#9237A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#9237A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9237A9

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9237A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9237A9	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#095AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E63A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#924C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9237a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 55, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.187 318.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b575c3',
    500: '#9237a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9237a9;
$custom-light: #b575c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9237a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.895,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51296,
    "c": 0.18664,
    "h": 318.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9237A9

secondary

#89C07B

accent

#DA4D6A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120912

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9237A9

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

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