#9838D3#9838D3

#9838D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.227 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9838D3
RGB	rgb(152, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(277, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.53, 64.17, -62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.53, 89.42, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.1427 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.227 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.1185, 14.2074, 62.9818)
Luminance	0.1421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9838D3 #73D338

analogous

#4A38D3 #9838D3 #D338C1

triadic

#9838D3 #D39838 #38D398

tetradic

#9838D3 #D34A38 #73D338 #38C1D3

square

#9838D3 #D34A38 #73D338 #38C1D3

split-complementary

#9838D3 #C1D338 #38D34A

monochromatic

#531A76 #7725A9 #9838D3 #B26ADE #CC9CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#9838D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#9838D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9838D3

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9838D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9838D3	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#036AD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9838d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.227 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb78e1',
    500: '#9838d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9838d3;
$custom-light: #bb78e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9838d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.161,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5505,
    "c": 0.22709,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9838D3

secondary

#ABD592

accent

#E74180

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9838D3

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

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