#9E37D7#9E37D7

#9E37D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.234 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E37D7
RGB	rgb(158, 55, 215)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 74.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 66.50, -62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 91.57, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56% 0.1507 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(56% 0.234 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7301, 14.9084, 65.6936)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E37D7 #70D737

analogous

#4E37D7 #9E37D7 #D737C0

triadic

#9E37D7 #D79E37 #37D79E

tetradic

#9E37D7 #D74E37 #70D737 #37C0D7

square

#9E37D7 #D74E37 #70D737 #37C0D7

split-complementary

#9E37D7 #C0D737 #37D74E

monochromatic

#58197B #7C23AE #9E37D7 #B76AE1 #CF9DEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#9E37D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#9E37D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E37D7

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E37D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E37D7	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C6DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e37d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 55, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.234 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c078e4',
    500: '#9e37d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e37d7;
$custom-light: #c078e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e37d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.625,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56004,
    "c": 0.23354,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E37D7

secondary

#ABD792

accent

#EA3E7B

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E37D7

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

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