#9F37E0#9F37E0

#9F37E0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.242 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F37E0
RGB	rgb(159, 55, 224)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 75.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 68.55, -66.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 95.73, 315.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1503 -0.1897)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.242 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1160, 15.4856, 71.9617)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F37E0 #78E037

analogous

#4B37E0 #9F37E0 #E037CD

triadic

#9F37E0 #E09F37 #37E09F

tetradic

#9F37E0 #E04B37 #78E037 #37CDE0

square

#9F37E0 #E04B37 #78E037 #37CDE0

split-complementary

#9F37E0 #CDE037 #37E04B

monochromatic

#5C1588 #7F1DBD #9F37E0 #B86CE8 #D2A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#9F37E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#9F37E0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F37E0

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F37E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F37E0	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95618A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f37e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 55, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.242 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179eb',
    500: '#9f37e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f37e0;
$custom-light: #c179eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f37e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.923,
    "s": 73.16,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56788,
    "c": 0.24206,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F37E0

secondary

#B1DD96

accent

#F0387F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F37E0

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

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