#9A38C4#9A38C4

#9A38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.214 H 313.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A38C4
RGB	rgb(154, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.78, 61.42, -54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.78, 82.32, 318.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1474 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.214 313.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7027, 13.6847, 53.5540)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A38C4 #62C438

analogous

#5438C4 #9A38C4 #C438A8

triadic

#9A38C4 #C49A38 #38C49A

tetradic

#9A38C4 #C45438 #62C438 #38A8C4

square

#9A38C4 #C45438 #62C438 #38A8C4

split-complementary

#9A38C4 #A8C438 #38C454

monochromatic

#4F1D65 #752A94 #9A38C4 #B266D3 #CA96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#9A38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#9A38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A38C4

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A38C4	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E6AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.214 313.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d7',
    500: '#9a38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a38c4;
$custom-light: #bc77d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54249,
    "c": 0.21366,
    "h": 313.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A38C4

secondary

#9FCC8C

accent

#DF4976

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A38C4

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

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