#9038C4#9038C4

#9038C4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.210 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9038C4
RGB	rgb(144, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, 59.41, -57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 82.43, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(52.96% 0.1346 -0.1618)
OKLCH	oklch(52.96% 0.21 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8776, 12.7436, 53.4684)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9038C4 #6CC438

analogous

#4A38C4 #9038C4 #C438B2

triadic

#9038C4 #C49038 #38C490

tetradic

#9038C4 #C44A38 #6CC438 #38B2C4

square

#9038C4 #C44A38 #6CC438 #38B2C4

split-complementary

#9038C4 #B2C438 #38C44A

monochromatic

#4A1D65 #6D2A94 #9038C4 #AB66D3 #C596E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#9038C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#9038C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9038C4

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9038C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9038C4	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A65C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89577B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9038c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.210 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b576d7',
    500: '#9038c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9038c4;
$custom-light: #b576d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9038c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5296,
    "c": 0.21046,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9038C4

secondary

#A4CC8C

accent

#DF4981

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9038C4

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

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