#9E37CC#9E37CC

#9E37CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.223 H 313.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9E37CC
RGBrgb(158, 55, 204)
HSLhsl(281, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(281, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(22.5%, 73%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(44.75, 64.24, -57.85)
CIE-LCHlch(44.75, 86.45, 317.99°)
OKLaboklab(55.23% 0.1524 -0.1634)
OKLCHoklch(55.23% 0.223 313)
XYZxyz(26.3639, 14.3619, 58.4984)
Luminance0.1436 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9E37CC #65CC37
analogous
#5337CC #9E37CC #CC37AF
triadic
#9E37CC #CC9E37 #37CC9E
tetradic
#9E37CC #CC5337 #65CC37 #37AFCC
square
#9E37CC #CC5337 #65CC37 #37AFCC
split-complementary
#9E37CC #AFCC37 #37CC53
monochromatic
#541C6D #79289E #9E37CC #B668D8 #CD99E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42
#9E37CC on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87
#9E37CC on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E37CC
5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9E37CC#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9E37CC1.005.423.875.42
#FFFFFF5.421.0021.001.00
#0000003.8721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.421.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0065D0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#286CC9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#99587F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9e37cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 55, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.223 313.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf78dc',
    500: '#9e37cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9e37cc;
$custom-light: #bf78dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9e37cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.477,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55225,
    "c": 0.22349,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.14361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9E37CC
secondary
#A3D08E
accent
#E34576
background
#FCF7FD
surface
#F8EEFB
border
#D1C9D4
text
#130915
muted
#827B83

Preview Lab

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#9E37CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva