#9838D7#9838D7

#9838D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.231 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9838D7
RGB	rgb(152, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(276, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.82, 65.02, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.82, 91.31, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% 0.142 -0.182)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.231 308)
XYZ	xyz(26.6262, 14.4104, 65.6556)
Luminance	0.1441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9838D7 #77D738

analogous

#4838D7 #9838D7 #D738C7

triadic

#9838D7 #D79838 #38D798

tetradic

#9838D7 #D74838 #77D738 #38C7D7

square

#9838D7 #D74838 #77D738 #38C7D7

split-complementary

#9838D7 #C7D738 #38D748

monochromatic

#55197C #7723AF #9838D7 #B26BE1 #CD9EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#9838D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#9838D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9838D7

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9838D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9838D7	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E5E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9838d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.231 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc78e4',
    500: '#9838d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9838d7;
$custom-light: #bc78e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9838d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.226,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55343,
    "c": 0.23085,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.1441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9838D7

secondary

#AED893

accent

#E93E82

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9838D7

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

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