#9538C8#9538C8

#9538C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.216 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9538C8
RGB	rgb(149, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.34, 61.26, -57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.34, 84.27, 316.63°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1405 -0.1638)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.216 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2319, 13.3886, 55.9401)
Luminance	0.1339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9538C8 #6BC838

analogous

#4D38C8 #9538C8 #C838B3

triadic

#9538C8 #C89538 #38C895

tetradic

#9538C8 #C84D38 #6BC838 #38B3C8

square

#9538C8 #C84D38 #6BC838 #38B3C8

split-complementary

#9538C8 #B3C838 #38C84D

monochromatic

#4E1D69 #722A99 #9538C8 #AF68D5 #C898E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#9538C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#9538C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9538C8

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9538C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9538C8	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E68C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E587D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9538c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.216 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b977d9',
    500: '#9538c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9538c8;
$custom-light: #b977d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9538c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.75,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5388,
    "c": 0.21581,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9538C8

secondary

#A5CE8E

accent

#E0487E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9538C8

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

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