#9837C8#9837C8

#9837C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.218 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9837C8
RGB	rgb(152, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.62, 62.25, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.62, 84.67, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.17% 0.1454 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(54.17% 0.218 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7385, 13.5786, 55.9501)
Luminance	0.1358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9837C8 #67C837

analogous

#4F37C8 #9837C8 #C837B0

triadic

#9837C8 #C89837 #37C898

tetradic

#9837C8 #C84F37 #67C837 #37B0C8

square

#9837C8 #C84F37 #67C837 #37B0C8

split-complementary

#9837C8 #B0C837 #37C84F

monochromatic

#4F1D68 #742A98 #9837C8 #B167D5 #C997E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#9837C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#9837C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9837C8

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9837C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9837C8	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2369C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9837c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.218 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb77d9',
    500: '#9837c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9837c8;
$custom-light: #bb77d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9837c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.138,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54165,
    "c": 0.21787,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9837C8

secondary

#A2CE8D

accent

#E0487A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9837C8

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

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