#9237C6#9237C6

#9237C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.214 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9237C6
RGB	rgb(146, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.64, 60.65, -57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.64, 83.82, 316.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.25% 0.1379 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(53.25% 0.214 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4113, 12.9211, 54.6759)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9237C6 #6BC637

analogous

#4B37C6 #9237C6 #C637B3

triadic

#9237C6 #C69237 #37C692

tetradic

#9237C6 #C64B37 #6BC637 #37B3C6

square

#9237C6 #C64B37 #6BC637 #37B3C6

split-complementary

#9237C6 #B3C637 #37C64B

monochromatic

#4B1C66 #6F2A96 #9237C6 #AC66D4 #C696E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#9237C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#9237C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9237C6

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9237C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9237C6	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1966C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9237c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.214 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b776d8',
    500: '#9237c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9237c6;
$custom-light: #b776d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9237c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53253,
    "c": 0.21414,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9237C6

secondary

#A3CD8C

accent

#E0487F

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9237C6

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

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