#9238D9#9238D9

#9238D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.231 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9238D9
RGB	rgb(146, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 64.39, -66.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 92.46, 314.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.1336 -0.1888)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.231 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7898, 13.9493, 66.9660)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9238D9 #7FD938

analogous

#4138D9 #9238D9 #D938D0

triadic

#9238D9 #D99238 #38D992

tetradic

#9238D9 #D94138 #7FD938 #38D0D9

square

#9238D9 #D94138 #7FD938 #38D0D9

split-complementary

#9238D9 #D0D938 #38D941

monochromatic

#51187E #7222B2 #9238D9 #AE6BE3 #CA9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#9238D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#9238D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9238D9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9238D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9238D9	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0069D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#856086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9238d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(146, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.231 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b877e6',
    500: '#9238d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9238d9;
$custom-light: #b877e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9238d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 146,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.54,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54757,
    "c": 0.23132,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9238D9

secondary

#B2D994

accent

#EB3D8A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120916

muted

#817B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9238D9

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

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