#9E37DD#9E37DD

#9E37DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.239 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E37DD
RGB	rgb(158, 55, 221)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.5%, 75.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.94, 67.75, -65.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.94, 94.36, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.1496 -0.1864)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.239 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5152, 15.2224, 69.8286)
Luminance	0.1522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E37DD #76DD37

analogous

#4B37DD #9E37DD #DD37C9

triadic

#9E37DD #DD9E37 #37DD9E

tetradic

#9E37DD #DD4B37 #76DD37 #37C9DD

square

#9E37DD #DD4B37 #76DD37 #37C9DD

split-complementary

#9E37DD #C9DD37 #37DD4B

monochromatic

#5A1683 #7E1FB8 #9E37DD #B76BE6 #D1A0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#9E37DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#9E37DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E37DD

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E37DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E37DD	1.00	5.19	4.04	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#945F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e37dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 55, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.239 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c078e9',
    500: '#9e37dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e37dd;
$custom-light: #c078e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e37dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.229,
    "s": 70.94,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56441,
    "c": 0.23905,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E37DD

secondary

#AFDB95

accent

#EE3A7E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E37DD

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

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