#9E37C5#9E37C5

#9E37C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.217 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E37C5
RGB	rgb(158, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(284, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(284, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.28, 62.83, -54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.28, 83.21, 319.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.1533 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.217 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5431, 14.0336, 54.1757)
Luminance	0.1403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E37C5 #5EC537

analogous

#5737C5 #9E37C5 #C537A5

triadic

#9E37C5 #C59E37 #37C59E

tetradic

#9E37C5 #C55737 #5EC537 #37A5C5

square

#9E37C5 #C55737 #5EC537 #37A5C5

split-complementary

#9E37C5 #A5C537 #37C557

monochromatic

#511C65 #782A95 #9E37C5 #B665D4 #CC95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.52

#9E37C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#9E37C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E37C5

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E37C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E37C5	1.00	5.52	3.81	5.52
#FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316BC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B557B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e37c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.217 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf77d7',
    500: '#9e37c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e37c5;
$custom-light: #bf77d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e37c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.521,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54746,
    "c": 0.21712,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E37C5

secondary

#9DCD8B

accent

#E04872

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E37C5

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

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