#9837B7#9837B7

#9837B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.202 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9837B7
RGB	rgb(152, 55, 183)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 69.9%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 58.78, -49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 76.70, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.01% 0.1472 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(53.01% 0.202 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8610, 12.8276, 46.0623)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9837B7 #56B737

analogous

#5837B7 #9837B7 #B73796

triadic

#9837B7 #B79837 #37B798

tetradic

#9837B7 #B75837 #56B737 #3796B7

square

#9837B7 #B75837 #56B737 #3796B7

split-complementary

#9837B7 #96B737 #37B758

monochromatic

#4A1B59 #712988 #9837B7 #B35DCE #C98CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#9837B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#9837B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9837B7

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9837B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9837B7	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3967B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965073

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9837b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 55, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.202 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba76cd',
    500: '#9837b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9837b7;
$custom-light: #ba76cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9837b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.469,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53011,
    "c": 0.20209,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9837B7

secondary

#93C783

accent

#DD4B6E

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120913

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9837B7

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

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