#9237C7#9237C7

#9237C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.215 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9237C7
RGB	rgb(146, 55, 199)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 60.86, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 84.30, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(53.33% 0.1377 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(53.33% 0.215 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5270, 12.9674, 55.2853)
Luminance	0.1297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9237C7 #6CC737

analogous

#4A37C7 #9237C7 #C737B4

triadic

#9237C7 #C79237 #37C792

tetradic

#9237C7 #C74A37 #6CC737 #37B4C7

square

#9237C7 #C74A37 #6CC737 #37B4C7

split-complementary

#9237C7 #B4C737 #37C74A

monochromatic

#4C1C67 #6F2A97 #9237C7 #AC66D5 #C696E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#9237C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#9237C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9237C7

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9237C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9237C7	1.00	5.84	3.59	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1666C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9237c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 55, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.215 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b776d9',
    500: '#9237c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9237c7;
$custom-light: #b776d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9237c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53325,
    "c": 0.2151,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9237C7

secondary

#A4CD8C

accent

#E04880

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9237C7

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

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