#9237BB#9237BB

#9237BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.204 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9237BB
RGB	rgb(146, 55, 187)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 70.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, 58.32, -52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 78.57, 317.93°)
OKLab	oklab(52.48% 0.1393 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(52.48% 0.204 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1883, 12.4319, 48.2348)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9237BB #60BB37

analogous

#5037BB #9237BB #BB37A2

triadic

#9237BB #BB9237 #37BB92

tetradic

#9237BB #BB5037 #60BB37 #37A2BB

square

#9237BB #BB5037 #60BB37 #37A2BB

split-complementary

#9237BB #A2BB37 #37BB50

monochromatic

#481B5C #6D298C #9237BB #AD5FD0 #C58EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#9237BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#9237BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9237BB

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9237BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9237BB	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C65B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E5375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9237bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 55, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.204 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b676d0',
    500: '#9237bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9237bb;
$custom-light: #b676d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9237bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.364,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52482,
    "c": 0.20364,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9237BB

secondary

#9AC985

accent

#DE4A78

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9237BB

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

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