#9537C5#9537C5

#9537C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.214 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9537C5
RGB	rgb(149, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(280, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.99, 61.03, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.99, 83.29, 317.11°)
OKLab	oklab(53.57% 0.1419 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(53.57% 0.214 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8368, 13.1538, 54.0958)
Luminance	0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9537C5 #67C537

analogous

#4E37C5 #9537C5 #C537AE

triadic

#9537C5 #C59537 #37C595

tetradic

#9537C5 #C54E37 #67C537 #37AEC5

square

#9537C5 #C54E37 #67C537 #37AEC5

split-complementary

#9537C5 #AEC537 #37C54E

monochromatic

#4D1C65 #712A95 #9537C5 #AF65D4 #C895E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#9537C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#9537C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9537C5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9537C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9537C5	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2267C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9537c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.214 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b976d7',
    500: '#9537c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9537c5;
$custom-light: #b976d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9537c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.718,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53567,
    "c": 0.21411,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9537C5

secondary

#A1CD8B

accent

#E0487B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9537C5

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

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