#9B37BE#9B37BE

#9B37BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.210 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B37BE
RGB	rgb(155, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.39, 60.82, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.39, 79.97, 319.51°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1503 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.21 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1766, 13.4196, 50.0219)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9B37BE #5ABE37

analogous

#5737BE #9B37BE #BE379E

triadic

#9B37BE #BE9B37 #37BE9B

tetradic

#9B37BE #BE5737 #5ABE37 #379EBE

square

#9B37BE #BE5737 #5ABE37 #379EBE

split-complementary

#9B37BE #9EBE37 #37BE57

monochromatic

#4E1C5F #74298F #9B37BE #B461D1 #CB90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#9B37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#9B37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B37BE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B37BE	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3569BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.210 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d2',
    500: '#9b37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b37be;
$custom-light: #bc77d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53877,
    "c": 0.20966,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B37BE

secondary

#98CA87

accent

#DE4970

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B37BE

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

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