#9A38BE#9A38BE

#9A38BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.208 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A38BE
RGB	rgb(154, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(284, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(284, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.38, 60.21, -51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.38, 79.52, 319.21°)
OKLab	oklab(53.84% 0.1481 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(53.84% 0.208 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0334, 13.4170, 50.0290)
Luminance	0.1342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9A38BE #5CBE38

analogous

#5738BE #9A38BE #BE389F

triadic

#9A38BE #BE9A38 #38BE9A

tetradic

#9A38BE #BE5738 #5CBE38 #389FBE

square

#9A38BE #BE5738 #5CBE38 #389FBE

split-complementary

#9A38BE #9FBE38 #38BE57

monochromatic

#4D1C5F #742A8F #9A38BE #B362D1 #CA92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#9A38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#9A38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A38BE

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A38BE	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3569BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.208 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d2',
    500: '#9a38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a38be;
$custom-light: #bc77d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.881,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53844,
    "c": 0.20811,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A38BE

secondary

#9ACA88

accent

#DE4A72

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A38BE

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

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