#9538AD#9538AD

#9538AD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.190 H 318.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9538AD
RGB	rgb(149, 56, 173)
HSL	hsl(288, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(288, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.9%, 67.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.59, 55.72, -44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.59, 71.53, 321.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.143 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.19 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3504, 12.2360, 40.7642)
Luminance	0.1224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9538AD #50AD38

analogous

#5A38AD #9538AD #AD388B

triadic

#9538AD #AD9538 #38AD95

tetradic

#9538AD #AD5A38 #50AD38 #388BAD

square

#9538AD #AD5A38 #50AD38 #388BAD

split-complementary

#9538AD #8BAD38 #38AD5A

monochromatic

#451A51 #6D297F #9538AD #B259C9 #C887D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#9538AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#9538AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9538AD

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9538AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9538AD	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#065CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F65AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#954D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9538ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.190 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b776c6',
    500: '#9538ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9538ad;
$custom-light: #b776c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9538ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.692,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52068,
    "c": 0.19035,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9538AD

secondary

#8CC27F

accent

#DB4D6A

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EDF8

border

#D0C8D1

text

#120913

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9538AD

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

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