#9838CB#9838CB

#9838CB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.220 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9838CB
RGB	rgb(152, 56, 203)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 62.47, -58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 85.64, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.144 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.22 311)
XYZ	xyz(25.1405, 13.8162, 57.8308)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9838CB #6BCB38

analogous

#4E38CB #9838CB #CB38B4

triadic

#9838CB #CB9838 #38CB98

tetradic

#9838CB #CB4E38 #6BCB38 #38B4CB

square

#9838CB #CB4E38 #6BCB38 #38B4CB

split-complementary

#9838CB #B4CB38 #38CB4E

monochromatic

#511C6C #75299D #9838CB #B169D8 #CA99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#9838CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9838CB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9838CB

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9838CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9838CB	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E6AC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91597E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9838cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 56, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.220 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb77dc',
    500: '#9838cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9838cb;
$custom-light: #bb77dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9838cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.184,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54476,
    "c": 0.21955,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.13816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9838CB

secondary

#A5D08F

accent

#E2467C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9838CB

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

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