#9E37BE#9E37BE

#9E37BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.211 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E37BE
RGB	rgb(158, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.83, 61.45, -51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.83, 79.98, 320.20°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% 0.154 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.211 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7596, 13.7202, 50.0493)
Luminance	0.1372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E37BE #57BE37

analogous

#5B37BE #9E37BE #BE379A

triadic

#9E37BE #BE9E37 #37BE9E

tetradic

#9E37BE #BE5B37 #57BE37 #379ABE

square

#9E37BE #BE5B37 #57BE37 #379ABE

split-complementary

#9E37BE #9ABE37 #37BE5B

monochromatic

#4F1C5F #77298F #9E37BE #B761D1 #CC90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#9E37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#9E37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E37BE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E37BE	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.211 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf77d2',
    500: '#9e37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e37be;
$custom-light: #bf77d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.778,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5428,
    "c": 0.21079,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E37BE

secondary

#97CA87

accent

#DE496D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E37BE

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

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