#9038C5#9038C5

#9038C5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.211 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9038C5
RGB	rgb(144, 56, 197)
HSL	hsl(277, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(277, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, 59.63, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 82.91, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(53.03% 0.1344 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(53.03% 0.211 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9918, 12.7893, 54.0699)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9038C5 #6DC538

analogous

#4A38C5 #9038C5 #C538B3

triadic

#9038C5 #C59038 #38C590

tetradic

#9038C5 #C54A38 #6DC538 #38B3C5

square

#9038C5 #C54A38 #6DC538 #38B3C5

split-complementary

#9038C5 #B3C538 #38C54A

monochromatic

#4A1D66 #6D2A95 #9038C5 #AB67D4 #C596E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#9038C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#9038C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9038C5

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9038C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9038C5	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1865C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88587B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9038c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.211 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b576d7',
    500: '#9038c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9038c5;
$custom-light: #b576d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9038c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.447,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53031,
    "c": 0.21144,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9038C5

secondary

#A4CD8C

accent

#DF4981

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EDFA

border

#D0C8D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9038C5

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

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