#9038B8#9038B8

#9038B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.199 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9038B8
RGB	rgb(144, 56, 184)
HSL	hsl(281, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(281, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 69.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.56, 56.85, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.56, 76.66, 317.86°)
OKLab	oklab(52.12% 0.136 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(52.12% 0.199 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5660, 12.2190, 46.5606)
Luminance	0.1222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9038B8 #60B838

analogous

#5038B8 #9038B8 #B838A0

triadic

#9038B8 #B89038 #38B890

tetradic

#9038B8 #B85038 #60B838 #38A0B8

square

#9038B8 #B85038 #60B838 #38A0B8

split-complementary

#9038B8 #A0B838 #38B850

monochromatic

#471B5A #6B2A89 #9038B8 #AB5FCE #C48EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#9038B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#9038B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9038B8

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9038B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9038B8	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E64B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C5374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9038b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 56, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.199 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b476ce',
    500: '#9038b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9038b8;
$custom-light: #b476ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9038b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52123,
    "c": 0.19884,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9038B8

secondary

#99C785

accent

#DD4B79

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF9

border

#D0C8D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9038B8

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

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