#9F37D9#9F37D9

#9F37D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.236 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F37D9
RGB	rgb(159, 55, 217)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 74.7%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.79, 67.09, -63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.79, 92.47, 316.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% 0.1516 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.236 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1862, 15.1137, 67.0646)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F37D9 #71D937

analogous

#4E37D9 #9F37D9 #D937C2

triadic

#9F37D9 #D99F37 #37D99F

tetradic

#9F37D9 #D94E37 #71D937 #37C2D9

square

#9F37D9 #D94E37 #71D937 #37C2D9

split-complementary

#9F37D9 #C2D937 #37D94E

monochromatic

#59187E #7E22B1 #9F37D9 #B86AE3 #D09EED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#9F37D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#9F37D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F37D9

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F37D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F37D9	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#076ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f37d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 55, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.236 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c178e6',
    500: '#9f37d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f37d9;
$custom-light: #c178e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f37d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.519,
    "s": 68.067,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56276,
    "c": 0.23566,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F37D9

secondary

#ACD993

accent

#EB3D7B

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F37D9

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

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