#9837CA#9837CA

#9837CA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.220 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9837CA
RGB	rgb(152, 55, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 62.66, -58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 85.61, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1451 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.22 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9737, 13.6727, 57.1892)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9837CA #69CA37

analogous

#4E37CA #9837CA #CA37B2

triadic

#9837CA #CA9837 #37CA98

tetradic

#9837CA #CA4E37 #69CA37 #37B2CA

square

#9837CA #CA4E37 #69CA37 #37B2CA

split-complementary

#9837CA #B2CA37 #37CA4E

monochromatic

#501C6A #74299B #9837CA #B167D7 #CA98E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#9837CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#9837CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9837CA

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9837CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9837CA	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F69C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9837ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 55, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.220 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb77db',
    500: '#9837ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9837ca;
$custom-light: #bb77db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9837ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.592,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54306,
    "c": 0.21974,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9837CA

secondary

#A4CF8E

accent

#E1467B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9837CA

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

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