#9A38BB#9A38BB

#9A38BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.205 H 316.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A38BB
RGB	rgb(154, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, 59.60, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 78.12, 319.73°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% 0.1483 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.205 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7089, 13.2872, 48.3199)
Luminance	0.1329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A38BB #59BB38

analogous

#5838BB #9A38BB #BB389B

triadic

#9A38BB #BB9A38 #38BB9A

tetradic

#9A38BB #BB5838 #59BB38 #389BBB

square

#9A38BB #BB5838 #59BB38 #389BBB

split-complementary

#9A38BB #9BBB38 #38BB58

monochromatic

#4C1C5D #732A8C #9A38BB #B461D0 #CA90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#9A38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#9A38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A38BB

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A38BB	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3869B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.205 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d0',
    500: '#9a38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a38bb;
$custom-light: #bc77d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.885,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53646,
    "c": 0.20534,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A38BB

secondary

#97C886

accent

#DD4B6F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A38BB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →