CSS named color
Medium Purple #9370DB
The CSS keyword mediumpurple is #9370DB. It is a soft violet in the violet family. In OKLCH it sits at lightness 0.627, chroma 0.158 and hue 296.7°.
- Relative luminance
- 0.2291
- OKLCH L · C · h
- 0.627 · 0.158 · 296.7
- Best text
- Black 5.58:1
- Hue family
- Violet
#9370DB color codes
- HEX
#9370DB- RGB
rgb(147, 112, 219)- HSL
hsl(260, 60%, 65%)- OKLCH
oklch(0.627 0.158 296.7)- OKLab
oklab(0.627 0.071 -0.141)- CIELAB (D65)
L* 54.97, a* 36.80, b* -50.09- XYZ (D65)
X 30.61, Y 22.91, Z 69.81- CMYK (naive)
cmyk(33%, 49%, 0%, 14%)
CIELAB and XYZ use the D65 white point; CSS lab() uses D50, so paste the OKLCH or HEX value into stylesheets. CMYK here is a plain formula with no press profile.
Legibility
Contrast: is #9370DB accessible?
Black text on it reaches 5.58:1, passing AA. White text manages only 3.76:1, enough for large text only.
WCAG 2 gives the same ratio whichever color is the text; APCA does not, so its Lc changes sign and size with polarity.
Open the Contrast System-
Black text on it
5.58:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +39
-
White text on it
3.76:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −70
-
As text on black
5.58:1
- AA passes
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc −36
-
As text on white
3.76:1
- AA fails
- AA large passes
- AAA fails
- APCA Lc +64
Nearest versions that pass 4.5:1
-
For text on white
#8662CC 4.53:1
Darkening its OKLCH lightness from 0.63 to 0.58 reaches 4.53:1 on white, keeping the hue.
-
For text on black
#9370DB 5.58:1
It already reaches 5.58:1 on black, so no change is needed.
Checking another pair? Use the Contrast Checker.
Studio
Adjust #9370DB live
Move lightness, chroma and hue in OKLCH, or drag on the map. The map is every lightness and chroma at the current hue: sRGB inside the solid area, Display P3 out to the dashed line.
Scale
Shades and tints of #9370DB
Eleven OKLCH lightness steps at this hue, each with its contrast against white and black. #9370DB sits at step 500.
Under each step, white and black text on it; a bold figure passes 4.5:1.
Gamut
How vivid #9370DB can get
At its lightness and hue, sRGB reaches OKLCH chroma 0.230; #9370DB uses 69% of it. Display P3, which many recent phones and laptops show, reaches 0.249 there: 8% more.
- sRGB
- Display P3
- Rec. 2020
- Dominant wavelength
- OKLCH chroma
- 0.158
- sRGB edge
- 0.230
- Display P3 edge
- 0.249
- Rec. 2020 edge
- 0.252
- Dominant wavelength
- 432 nm
- Excitation purity
- 45%
- Chromaticity
- x 0.2482, y 0.1857
- This color#9370DB
- Most vivid in sRGB#9A5CFF
- Most vivid in Display P3oklch(0.627 0.249 296.7)
On a screen without Display P3 the last tile shows the sRGB edge instead.
.accent {
color: #9370db;
}
@media (color-gamut: p3) {
.accent { color: color(display-p3 0.5749 0.348 1); }
}Mixing
Mixing #9370DB
Each row is the same mix worked out in a different space, with the halfway color at its end. sRGB, which older CSS gradients use, can sag gray or dark in the middle; OKLab keeps the lightness steps even; OKLCH holds chroma and hue as it goes.
White #FFFFFF
- sRGB50%#C9B8ED
- OKLab50%#C7B8F0
- OKLCH50%#C7B8F0
Black #000000
- sRGB50%#4A386E
- OKLab50%#362754
- OKLCH50%#362754
Its complement #839200
- sRGB50%#8B816E
- OKLab50%#88878C
- OKLCH50%#009AA9
/* A gradient and a mix, worked out in OKLCH */
background: linear-gradient(in oklch, #9370db, white);
color: color-mix(in oklch, #9370db 50%, white);In use
#9370DB in an interface
A button, a link, a heading, a focused field, an icon and a chart line in this color, on a light page and a dark one. Each check is a WCAG 2 contrast minimum: 1.4.3 for text, 1.4.11 for the rest.
Light page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.58:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:13.76:1 Fails
- Large headingLarge text, 3:13.76:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:13.76:1 Passes
For text on this page, the nearest shade that passes is #8662CC 4.53:1
Dark page
- Button labelText, 4.5:15.58:1 Passes
- Link and body-size textText, 4.5:14.97:1 Passes
- Large headingLarge text, 3:14.97:1 Passes
- Icons, borders and focus ringsNon-text, 3:14.97:1 Passes
Color vision
How #9370DB looks with color blindness
Achromatopsia changes it most, ΔE2000 26.1; deuteranopia changes it least, 16.3.
Simulated with Machado et al. (2009) at full severity, in linear light.
Simulate a whole page What each type sees-
Protanopia
No working red (long-wavelength) cones
#4B84DF ΔE2000 17.5
Distinct
Reads as soft blue
-
Deuteranopia
No working green (medium-wavelength) cones
#5282D8 ΔE2000 16.3
Distinct
Reads as soft blue
-
Tritanopia
No working blue (short-wavelength) cones
#83849B ΔE2000 16.7
Distinct
Reads as grayish blue
-
Achromatopsia
No cone color vision; lightness only
#848484 ΔE2000 26.1
Distinct
Reads as gray
Pairing check
Checked against its complement, #839200. Their lightness contrast is only 1.08:1, so where hue collapses, add a label, icon or pattern.
| Vision | The pair | ΔE2000 | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal vision | #9370DB · #839200 | 69.7 | Stays distinct |
| Protanopia | #4B84DF · #9D8900 | 56.6 | Stays distinct |
| Deuteranopia | #5282D8 · #9C8B19 | 55.3 | Stays distinct |
| Tritanopia | #83849B · #8C897B | 18.9 | Stays distinct |
| Achromatopsia | #848484 · #8A8A8A | 2.2 | Easily confused |
Harmony
Color harmonies for #9370DB
Its complement is #839200, a soft yellow.
Hue rotations in OKLCH, mapped into sRGB by trimming chroma so hue and lightness stay put.
Open the Harmony Studio- Base#9370DB
- Complement#839200
Complementary
Open in Harmony Studio- −30°#5C82E7
- Base#9370DB
- +30°#B861BA
Analogous
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#9370DB
- +120°#CB6B00
- +240°#009F86
Triadic
Open in Harmony Studio- Base#9370DB
- +150°#AA8200
- +210°#36A14A
Split-complementary
Open in Harmony StudioCode
Design tokens
Ready-to-paste tokens in six formats. Rename them to fit your system.
:root {
--color-mediumpurple: #9370db;
}// tailwind.config.js
module.exports = {
theme: {
extend: {
colors: {
mediumpurple: '#9370db',
},
},
},
};/* app.css — Tailwind CSS v4 */
@import "tailwindcss";
@theme {
--color-mediumpurple: oklch(0.627 0.158 296.7);
}{
"color": {
"mediumpurple": {
"$type": "color",
"$value": {
"colorSpace": "srgb",
"components": [0.5765, 0.4392, 0.8588],
"hex": "#9370db"
},
"$description": "CSS named color mediumpurple"
}
}
}import SwiftUI
enum Palette {
static let mediumpurple = Color(.sRGB, red: 0.576, green: 0.439, blue: 0.859, opacity: 1)
}import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.Color
object Palette {
val Mediumpurple = Color(0xFF9370DB)
}Matches
The nearest match in each system
The closest CSS name, Tailwind shade, RAL Classic paint and Crayola crayon by ΔE2000; under 2 is hard to tell apart side by side. RAL and Crayola values approximate physical colors.
Tools
Open #9370DB in the tools
Each opens over this page. More colors live in the Color Library, and every color page is listed on the hub.
- Color InspectorEvery format, its names, contrast and color vision in one panel.
- Contrast SystemBlack and white text on this color, with fixes in both directions.
- Harmony StudioPalettes built from this color, walked to a contrast target if you ask.
- Color Space ConverterThe same color in 34 notations, with its gamut headroom.
- Color Name FinderThe nearest of 1,055 color names by ΔE2000.