#9D37CD#9D37CD

#9D37CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.224 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D37CD
RGB	rgb(157, 55, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.67, 64.25, -58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.67, 86.93, 317.65°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.151 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.224 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2883, 14.3090, 59.1229)
Luminance	0.1431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D37CD #67CD37

analogous

#5237CD #9D37CD #CD37B2

triadic

#9D37CD #CD9D37 #37CD9D

tetradic

#9D37CD #CD5237 #67CD37 #37B2CD

square

#9D37CD #CD5237 #67CD37 #37B2CD

split-complementary

#9D37CD #B2CD37 #37CD52

monochromatic

#541C6E #79289F #9D37CD #B568D9 #CD99E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.44

#9D37CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#9D37CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D37CD

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D37CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D37CD	1.00	5.44	3.86	5.44
#FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246CCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d37cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 55, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.224 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf78dd',
    500: '#9d37cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d37cd;
$custom-light: #bf78dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d37cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55165,
    "c": 0.22408,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D37CD

secondary

#A4D18F

accent

#E34577

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D37CD

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

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