#9837C4#9837C4

#9837C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.214 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9837C4
RGB	rgb(152, 55, 196)
HSL	hsl(281, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.4%, 71.9%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.35, 61.42, -55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.35, 82.79, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.89% 0.1459 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(53.89% 0.214 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2771, 13.3940, 53.5203)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9837C4 #63C437

analogous

#5237C4 #9837C4 #C437A9

triadic

#9837C4 #C49837 #37C498

tetradic

#9837C4 #C45237 #63C437 #37A9C4

square

#9837C4 #C45237 #63C437 #37A9C4

split-complementary

#9837C4 #A9C437 #37C452

monochromatic

#4E1C64 #732A94 #9837C4 #B165D4 #C994E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#9837C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#9837C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9837C4

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9837C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9837C4	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2968C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93567A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9837c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 55, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.214 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb77d7',
    500: '#9837c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9837c4;
$custom-light: #bb77d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9837c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.277,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53887,
    "c": 0.21414,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9837C4

secondary

#9FCC8B

accent

#DF4877

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9837C4

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

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