#9F37D1#9F37D1

#9F37D1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.228 H 312.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F37D1
RGB	rgb(159, 55, 209)
HSL	hsl(281, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 73.7%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 65.45, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 88.75, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.153 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.228 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1708, 14.7075, 61.7168)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F37D1 #69D137

analogous

#5237D1 #9F37D1 #D137B6

triadic

#9F37D1 #D19F37 #37D19F

tetradic

#9F37D1 #D15237 #69D137 #37B6D1

square

#9F37D1 #D15237 #69D137 #37B6D1

split-complementary

#9F37D1 #B6D137 #37D152

monochromatic

#561A73 #7C26A5 #9F37D1 #B769DC #CF9BE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#9F37D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#9F37D1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F37D1

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F37D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F37D1	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#216DCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f37d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 55, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.228 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c078e0',
    500: '#9f37d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f37d1;
$custom-light: #c078e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f37d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.519,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55705,
    "c": 0.22836,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F37D1

secondary

#A6D490

accent

#E64277

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F37D1

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

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