#9E37C8#9E37C8

#9E37C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.220 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E37C8
RGB	rgb(158, 55, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 72.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 63.43, -55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 84.59, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.153 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.22 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8903, 14.1725, 56.0041)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E37C8 #61C837

analogous

#5637C8 #9E37C8 #C837A9

triadic

#9E37C8 #C89E37 #37C89E

tetradic

#9E37C8 #C85637 #61C837 #37A9C8

square

#9E37C8 #C85637 #61C837 #37A9C8

split-complementary

#9E37C8 #A9C837 #37C856

monochromatic

#521D68 #782A98 #9E37C8 #B567D5 #CD97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#9E37C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#9E37C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E37C8

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E37C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E37C8	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A567D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e37c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 55, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.220 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf77d9',
    500: '#9e37c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e37c8;
$custom-light: #bf77d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e37c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.621,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5495,
    "c": 0.21985,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E37C8

secondary

#A0CE8D

accent

#E04874

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E37C8

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

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