#9A37BE#9A37BE

#9A37BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.209 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A37BE
RGB	rgb(154, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.24, 60.61, -52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.24, 79.97, 319.28°)
OKLab	oklab(53.74% 0.1491 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(53.74% 0.209 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9854, 13.3210, 50.0130)
Luminance	0.1332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9A37BE #5BBE37

analogous

#5637BE #9A37BE #BE379E

triadic

#9A37BE #BE9A37 #37BE9A

tetradic

#9A37BE #BE5637 #5BBE37 #379EBE

square

#9A37BE #BE5637 #5BBE37 #379EBE

split-complementary

#9A37BE #9EBE37 #37BE56

monochromatic

#4D1C5F #74298F #9A37BE #B361D1 #CA90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#9A37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#9A37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A37BE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A37BE	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3469BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.209 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d2',
    500: '#9a37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a37be;
$custom-light: #bc77d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53743,
    "c": 0.2093,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A37BE

secondary

#99CA87

accent

#DE4971

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A37BE

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

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