#9E37A2#9E37A2

#9E37A2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.186 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E37A2
RGB	rgb(158, 55, 162)
HSL	hsl(298, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(298, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.5%, 66%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.17, 56.20, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.17, 67.45, 326.43°)
OKLab	oklab(52.56% 0.1548 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(52.56% 0.186 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9879, 12.6115, 35.4516)
Luminance	0.1261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E37A2 #3BA237

analogous

#6837A2 #9E37A2 #A23770

triadic

#9E37A2 #A29E37 #37A29E

tetradic

#9E37A2 #A26837 #3BA237 #3770A2

square

#9E37A2 #A26837 #3BA237 #3770A2

split-complementary

#9E37A2 #70A237 #37A268

monochromatic

#451847 #712774 #9E37A2 #C052C4 #D180D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#9E37A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#9E37A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E37A2

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E37A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E37A2	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E689F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A24668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e37a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 55, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.186 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be76be',
    500: '#9e37a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e37a2;
$custom-light: #be76be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e37a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.757,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52559,
    "c": 0.18614,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E37A2

secondary

#7ABD78

accent

#D94F54

background

#FCF7FB

surface

#F8EDF7

border

#D1C8D0

text

#120912

muted

#817B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E37A2

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

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