#9837C3#9837C3

#9837C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.213 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9837C3
RGB	rgb(152, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(282, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.28, 61.21, -55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.28, 82.32, 318.04°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.146 -0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.213 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1637, 13.3486, 52.9228)
Luminance	0.1335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9837C3 #62C337

analogous

#5237C3 #9837C3 #C337A8

triadic

#9837C3 #C39837 #37C398

tetradic

#9837C3 #C35237 #62C337 #37A8C3

square

#9837C3 #C35237 #62C337 #37A8C3

split-complementary

#9837C3 #A8C337 #37C352

monochromatic

#4E1C64 #732A93 #9837C3 #B164D3 #C994E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.72

#9837C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#9837C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9837C3

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9837C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9837C3	1.00	5.72	3.67	5.72
#FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B68C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9837c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.213 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb77d6',
    500: '#9837c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9837c3;
$custom-light: #bb77d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9837c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53818,
    "c": 0.21322,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9837C3

secondary

#9ECC8A

accent

#DF4977

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9837C3

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

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