#9238C6#9238C6

#9238C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.213 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9238C6
RGB	rgb(146, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.3%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.79, 60.24, -57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.79, 83.36, 316.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.36% 0.1369 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(53.36% 0.213 310)
XYZ	xyz(23.4593, 13.0171, 54.6919)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9238C6 #6CC638

analogous

#4B38C6 #9238C6 #C638B3

triadic

#9238C6 #C69238 #38C692

tetradic

#9238C6 #C64B38 #6CC638 #38B3C6

square

#9238C6 #C64B38 #6CC638 #38B3C6

split-complementary

#9238C6 #B3C638 #38C64B

monochromatic

#4C1D67 #6F2B96 #9238C6 #AC67D4 #C697E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#9238C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#9238C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9238C6

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9238C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9238C6	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B66C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B587C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9238c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.213 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b777d8',
    500: '#9238c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9238c6;
$custom-light: #b777d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9238c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.028,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53356,
    "c": 0.21299,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.13017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9238C6

secondary

#A4CD8D

accent

#DF4980

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9238C6

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

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