#9237C8#9237C8

#9237C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.216 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9237C8
RGB	rgb(146, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(27%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.78, 61.08, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.78, 84.77, 316.09°)
OKLab	oklab(53.4% 0.1376 -0.1666)
OKLCH	oklch(53.4% 0.216 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6435, 13.0140, 55.8988)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9237C8 #6DC837

analogous

#4937C8 #9237C8 #C837B6

triadic

#9237C8 #C89237 #37C892

tetradic

#9237C8 #C84937 #6DC837 #37B6C8

square

#9237C8 #C84937 #6DC837 #37B6C8

split-complementary

#9237C8 #B6C837 #37C849

monochromatic

#4C1D68 #6F2A98 #9237C8 #AC67D5 #C697E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#9237C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9237C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9237C8

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9237C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9237C8	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1466C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9237c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.216 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b776da',
    500: '#9237c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9237c8;
$custom-light: #b776da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9237c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.655,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53397,
    "c": 0.21606,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9237C8

secondary

#A5CE8D

accent

#E04880

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFB

border

#D0C8D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9237C8

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

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