#9E37CE#9E37CE

#9E37CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.225 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E37CE
RGB	rgb(158, 55, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 73.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.88, 64.65, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.88, 87.38, 317.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% 0.1522 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.225 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6053, 14.4585, 59.7698)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E37CE #67CE37

analogous

#5237CE #9E37CE #CE37B2

triadic

#9E37CE #CE9E37 #37CE9E

tetradic

#9E37CE #CE5237 #67CE37 #37B2CE

square

#9E37CE #CE5237 #67CE37 #37B2CE

split-complementary

#9E37CE #B2CE37 #37CE52

monochromatic

#551B6F #7A27A0 #9E37CE #B668DA #CE99E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#9E37CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#9E37CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E37CE

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E37CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E37CE	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246CCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e37ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 55, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.225 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf78de',
    500: '#9e37ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e37ce;
$custom-light: #bf78de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e37ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.927,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55365,
    "c": 0.22531,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E37CE

secondary

#A4D28F

accent

#E44477

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E37CE

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

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