#9837BC#9837BC

#9837BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.3% C 0.207 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9837BC
RGB	rgb(152, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, 59.79, -51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 79.03, 319.15°)
OKLab	oklab(53.34% 0.1468 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(53.34% 0.207 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3907, 13.0395, 48.8519)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9837BC #5BBC37

analogous

#5537BC #9837BC #BC379E

triadic

#9837BC #BC9837 #37BC98

tetradic

#9837BC #BC5537 #5BBC37 #379EBC

square

#9837BC #BC5537 #5BBC37 #379EBC

split-complementary

#9837BC #9EBC37 #37BC55

monochromatic

#4B1B5D #72298D #9837BC #B260D0 #C98FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#9837BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#9837BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9837BC

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9837BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9837BC	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3368B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9837bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.3% 0.207 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba76d1',
    500: '#9837bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9837bc;
$custom-light: #ba76d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9837bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.759,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53342,
    "c": 0.20671,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9837BC

secondary

#98C986

accent

#DE4A72

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9837BC

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

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