#9B37D7#9B37D7

#9B37D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.233 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B37D7
RGB	rgb(155, 55, 215)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 65.95, -63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 91.65, 316.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.62% 0.1468 -0.1805)
OKLCH	oklch(55.62% 0.233 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1470, 14.6077, 65.6663)
Luminance	0.1461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B37D7 #73D737

analogous

#4B37D7 #9B37D7 #D737C3

triadic

#9B37D7 #D79B37 #37D79B

tetradic

#9B37D7 #D74B37 #73D737 #37C3D7

square

#9B37D7 #D74B37 #73D737 #37C3D7

split-complementary

#9B37D7 #C3D737 #37D74B

monochromatic

#56197B #7A23AE #9B37D7 #B46AE1 #CE9DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#9B37D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#9B37D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B37D7

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B37D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B37D7	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#925D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b37d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 55, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.233 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be78e4',
    500: '#9b37d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b37d7;
$custom-light: #be78e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b37d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55624,
    "c": 0.2327,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B37D7

secondary

#ACD792

accent

#EA3E7E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B37D7

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

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