#9F37CE#9F37CE

#9F37CE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.226 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F37CE
RGB	rgb(159, 55, 206)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 64.84, -58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 87.36, 317.92°)
OKLab	oklab(55.5% 0.1534 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(55.5% 0.226 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8028, 14.5603, 59.7791)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F37CE #66CE37

analogous

#5337CE #9F37CE #CE37B1

triadic

#9F37CE #CE9F37 #37CE9F

tetradic

#9F37CE #CE5337 #66CE37 #37B1CE

square

#9F37CE #CE5337 #66CE37 #37B1CE

split-complementary

#9F37CE #B1CE37 #37CE53

monochromatic

#551B6F #7B27A0 #9F37CE #B768DA #CE99E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#9F37CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#9F37CE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F37CE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F37CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F37CE	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#266DCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f37ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 55, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.226 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c078de',
    500: '#9f37ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f37ce;
$custom-light: #c078de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f37ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.325,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55495,
    "c": 0.22564,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F37CE

secondary

#A4D28F

accent

#E44476

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F37CE

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

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