#9A37C8#9A37C8

#9A37C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.219 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A37C8
RGB	rgb(154, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 62.64, -56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 84.64, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.43% 0.1479 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(54.43% 0.219 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1161, 13.7733, 55.9678)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A37C8 #65C837

analogous

#5237C8 #9A37C8 #C837AD

triadic

#9A37C8 #C89A37 #37C89A

tetradic

#9A37C8 #C85237 #65C837 #37ADC8

square

#9A37C8 #C85237 #65C837 #37ADC8

split-complementary

#9A37C8 #ADC837 #37C852

monochromatic

#501D68 #752A98 #9A37C8 #B267D5 #CA97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#9A37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#9A37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A37C8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A37C8	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#276AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.219 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d9',
    500: '#9a37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a37c8;
$custom-light: #bc77d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.966,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54425,
    "c": 0.21851,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A37C8

secondary

#A2CE8D

accent

#E04878

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A37C8

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

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