#9938C9#9938C9

#9938C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.218 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9938C9
RGB	rgb(153, 56, 201)
HSL	hsl(280, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 62.25, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 84.68, 317.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.46% 0.1455 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(54.46% 0.218 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0917, 13.8184, 56.5924)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9938C9 #68C938

analogous

#5038C9 #9938C9 #C938B0

triadic

#9938C9 #C99938 #38C999

tetradic

#9938C9 #C95038 #68C938 #38B0C9

square

#9938C9 #C95038 #68C938 #38B0C9

split-complementary

#9938C9 #B0C938 #38C950

monochromatic

#501D6A #752A9A #9938C9 #B268D6 #CA98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#9938C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9938C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9938C9

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9938C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9938C9	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)

#0063CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246AC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93587D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9938c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 56, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.218 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77da',
    500: '#9938c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9938c9;
$custom-light: #bc77da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9938c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.138,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54464,
    "c": 0.21799,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9938C9

secondary

#A3CF8E

accent

#E1477A

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9938C9

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

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