#9F37DF#9F37DF

#9F37DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.241 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F37DF
RGB	rgb(159, 55, 223)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 75.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.22, 68.34, -66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.22, 95.26, 315.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.1505 -0.1884)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.241 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9808, 15.4315, 71.2496)
Luminance	0.1543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F37DF #77DF37

analogous

#4B37DF #9F37DF #DF37CB

triadic

#9F37DF #DF9F37 #37DF9F

tetradic

#9F37DF #DF4B37 #77DF37 #37CBDF

square

#9F37DF #DF4B37 #77DF37 #37CBDF

split-complementary

#9F37DF #CBDF37 #37DF4B

monochromatic

#5B1586 #7F1EBB #9F37DF #B86CE7 #D2A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#9F37DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#9F37DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F37DF

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F37DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F37DF	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95608A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f37df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 55, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.241 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179ea',
    500: '#9f37df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f37df;
$custom-light: #c179ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f37df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.143,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56714,
    "c": 0.24114,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F37DF

secondary

#B0DC95

accent

#EF397E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F37DF

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

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