#9A37BC#9A37BC

#9A37BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.207 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A37BC
RGB	rgb(154, 55, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.11, 60.21, -51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.11, 79.04, 319.62°)
OKLab	oklab(53.61% 0.1493 -0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(53.61% 0.207 316)
XYZ	xyz(23.7683, 13.2342, 48.8696)
Luminance	0.1323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A37BC #59BC37

analogous

#5837BC #9A37BC #BC379B

triadic

#9A37BC #BC9A37 #37BC9A

tetradic

#9A37BC #BC5837 #59BC37 #379BBC

square

#9A37BC #BC5837 #59BC37 #379BBC

split-complementary

#9A37BC #9BBC37 #37BC58

monochromatic

#4C1B5D #73298D #9A37BC #B460D0 #CA8FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#9A37BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#9A37BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A37BC

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A37BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A37BC	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3669B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a37bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 55, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.207 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d1',
    500: '#9a37bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a37bc;
$custom-light: #bc77d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a37bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.662,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5361,
    "c": 0.20746,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.13233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A37BC

secondary

#97C986

accent

#DE4A70

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A37BC

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

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