#9237B1#9237B1

#9237B1 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.194 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9237B1
RGB	rgb(146, 55, 177)
HSL	hsl(285, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(285, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 68.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, 56.26, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 73.83, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.1402 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.194 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1548, 12.0185, 42.7919)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9237B1 #56B137

analogous

#5537B1 #9237B1 #B13793

triadic

#9237B1 #B19237 #37B192

tetradic

#9237B1 #B15537 #56B137 #3793B1

square

#9237B1 #B15537 #56B137 #3793B1

split-complementary

#9237B1 #93B137 #37B155

monochromatic

#451A54 #6B2882 #9237B1 #AF5ACC #C588DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#9237B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#9237B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9237B1

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9237B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9237B1	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3764AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#904F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9237b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 55, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.194 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b675c9',
    500: '#9237b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9237b1;
$custom-light: #b675c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9237b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.754,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51811,
    "c": 0.19415,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9237B1

secondary

#91C480

accent

#DC4C70

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120913

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9237B1

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

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