#9838C8#9838C8

#9838C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.217 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9838C8
RGB	rgb(152, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(24%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 61.85, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 84.22, 317.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1444 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.217 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7865, 13.6745, 55.9661)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9838C8 #68C838

analogous

#5038C8 #9838C8 #C838B0

triadic

#9838C8 #C89838 #38C898

tetradic

#9838C8 #C85038 #68C838 #38B0C8

square

#9838C8 #C85038 #68C838 #38B0C8

split-complementary

#9838C8 #B0C838 #38C850

monochromatic

#4F1D69 #742A99 #9838C8 #B168D5 #CA98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#9838C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#9838C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9838C8

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9838C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9838C8	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2469C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92587D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9838c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.217 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb77d9',
    500: '#9838c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9838c8;
$custom-light: #bb77d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9838c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54265,
    "c": 0.21674,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9838C8

secondary

#A3CE8E

accent

#E0487B

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9838C8

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

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