#9237C5#9237C5

#9237C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.213 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9237C5
RGB	rgb(146, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.57, 60.43, -57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.57, 83.34, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.138 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.213 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2963, 12.8751, 54.0704)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9237C5 #6AC537

analogous

#4B37C5 #9237C5 #C537B1

triadic

#9237C5 #C59237 #37C592

tetradic

#9237C5 #C54B37 #6AC537 #37B1C5

square

#9237C5 #C54B37 #6AC537 #37B1C5

split-complementary

#9237C5 #B1C537 #37C54B

monochromatic

#4B1C65 #6F2A95 #9237C5 #AC65D4 #C695E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#9237C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9237C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9237C5

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9237C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9237C5	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B66C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9237c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.213 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b776d7',
    500: '#9237c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9237c5;
$custom-light: #b776d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9237c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.451,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53182,
    "c": 0.21319,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9237C5

secondary

#A3CD8B

accent

#E0487F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9237C5

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

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