#9A37BD#9A37BD

#9A37BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.208 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A37BD
RGB	rgb(154, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.5%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, 60.41, -51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 79.50, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(53.68% 0.1492 -0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(53.68% 0.208 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8765, 13.2774, 49.4393)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A37BD #5ABD37

analogous

#5737BD #9A37BD #BD379D

triadic

#9A37BD #BD9A37 #37BD9A

tetradic

#9A37BD #BD5737 #5ABD37 #379DBD

square

#9A37BD #BD5737 #5ABD37 #379DBD

split-complementary

#9A37BD #9DBD37 #37BD57

monochromatic

#4D1B5E #73298E #9A37BD #B360D1 #CA90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#9A37BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#9A37BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A37BD

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A37BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A37BD	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3569BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a37bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.208 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d2',
    500: '#9a37bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a37bd;
$custom-light: #bc77d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a37bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.328,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53676,
    "c": 0.20837,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A37BD

secondary

#98C986

accent

#DE4A70

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A37BD

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

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