#9A37CE#9A37CE

#9A37CE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.224 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A37CE
RGB	rgb(154, 55, 206)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 73.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 63.88, -59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 87.45, 316.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.147 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.224 311)
XYZ	xyz(25.8311, 14.0593, 59.7335)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A37CE #6BCE37

analogous

#4E37CE #9A37CE #CE37B6

triadic

#9A37CE #CE9A37 #37CE9A

tetradic

#9A37CE #CE4E37 #6BCE37 #37B6CE

square

#9A37CE #CE4E37 #6BCE37 #37B6CE

split-complementary

#9A37CE #B6CE37 #37CE4E

monochromatic

#521B6F #7727A0 #9A37CE #B368DA #CC99E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#9A37CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#9A37CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A37CE

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A37CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A37CE	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B6ACB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#935A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a37ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 55, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.224 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd77de',
    500: '#9a37ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a37ce;
$custom-light: #bd77de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a37ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.338,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54847,
    "c": 0.22407,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.14059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A37CE

secondary

#A6D28F

accent

#E4447B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A37CE

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

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