#9A38BC#9A38BC

#9A38BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.206 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A38BC
RGB	rgb(154, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.26, 59.81, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.26, 78.58, 319.56°)
OKLab	oklab(53.71% 0.1482 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(53.71% 0.206 316)
XYZ	xyz(23.8163, 13.3301, 48.8856)
Luminance	0.1333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A38BC #5ABC38

analogous

#5838BC #9A38BC #BC389C

triadic

#9A38BC #BC9A38 #38BC9A

tetradic

#9A38BC #BC5838 #5ABC38 #389CBC

square

#9A38BC #BC5838 #5ABC38 #389CBC

split-complementary

#9A38BC #9CBC38 #38BC58

monochromatic

#4D1C5E #732A8D #9A38BC #B361D0 #CA90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#9A38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.67

#9A38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A38BC

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A38BC	1.00	5.73	3.67	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3769B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.206 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d1',
    500: '#9a38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a38bc;
$custom-light: #bc77d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53712,
    "c": 0.20625,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.13329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A38BC

secondary

#98C987

accent

#DD4A70

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A38BC

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

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