#9A38C8#9A38C8

#9A38C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.217 H 312.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A38C8
RGB	rgb(154, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.04, 62.24, -56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.04, 84.20, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.147 -0.1602)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.217 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1640, 13.8692, 55.9838)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9A38C8 #66C838

analogous

#5238C8 #9A38C8 #C838AE

triadic

#9A38C8 #C89A38 #38C89A

tetradic

#9A38C8 #C85238 #66C838 #38AEC8

square

#9A38C8 #C85238 #66C838 #38AEC8

split-complementary

#9A38C8 #AEC838 #38C852

monochromatic

#501D69 #752A99 #9A38C8 #B268D5 #CB98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#9A38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#9A38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A38C8

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A38C8	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286AC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95587D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.217 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc77d9',
    500: '#9a38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a38c8;
$custom-light: #bc77d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.833,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54524,
    "c": 0.21738,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A38C8

secondary

#A2CE8E

accent

#E04878

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A38C8

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

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