#9837D6#9837D6

#9837D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.231 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9837D6
RGB	rgb(152, 55, 214)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 74.3%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 65.20, -63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 91.27, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.1431 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.231 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4502, 14.2632, 64.9650)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9837D6 #75D637

analogous

#4937D6 #9837D6 #D637C4

triadic

#9837D6 #D69837 #37D698

tetradic

#9837D6 #D64937 #75D637 #37C4D6

square

#9837D6 #D64937 #75D637 #37C4D6

split-complementary

#9837D6 #C4D637 #37D649

monochromatic

#54197A #7723AC #9837D6 #B26AE0 #CC9DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#9837D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#9837D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9837D6

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9837D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9837D6	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E5D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9837d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 55, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.231 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77e4',
    500: '#9837d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9837d6;
$custom-light: #bc77e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9837d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.604,
    "s": 65.975,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55174,
    "c": 0.23097,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9837D6

secondary

#ADD792

accent

#E93F81

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130916

muted

#827B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9837D6

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

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