#9B37C8#9B37C8

#9B37C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.219 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B37C8
RGB	rgb(155, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 62.84, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 84.63, 317.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.1492 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.219 313)
XYZ	xyz(25.3072, 13.8718, 55.9768)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B37C8 #64C837

analogous

#5237C8 #9B37C8 #C837AD

triadic

#9B37C8 #C89B37 #37C89B

tetradic

#9B37C8 #C85237 #64C837 #37ADC8

square

#9B37C8 #C85237 #64C837 #37ADC8

split-complementary

#9B37C8 #ADC837 #37C852

monochromatic

#511D68 #762A98 #9B37C8 #B367D5 #CB97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#9B37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#9B37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B37C8

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B37C8	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.219 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd77d9',
    500: '#9b37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b37c8;
$custom-light: #bd77d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.379,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54556,
    "c": 0.21884,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.13871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B37C8

secondary

#A1CE8D

accent

#E04877

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B37C8

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

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