#9A38CA#9A38CA

#9A38CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.219 H 312.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A38CA
RGB	rgb(154, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(280, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(280, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.18, 62.66, -57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.18, 85.14, 317.39°)
OKLab	oklab(54.66% 0.1467 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(54.66% 0.219 312)
XYZ	xyz(25.3993, 13.9633, 57.2229)
Luminance	0.1396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A38CA #68CA38

analogous

#5138CA #9A38CA #CA38B1

triadic

#9A38CA #CA9A38 #38CA9A

tetradic

#9A38CA #CA5138 #68CA38 #38B1CA

square

#9A38CA #CA5138 #68CA38 #38B1CA

split-complementary

#9A38CA #B1CA38 #38CA51

monochromatic

#511D6B #76299B #9A38CA #B368D7 #CB99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#9A38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#9A38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A38CA

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A38CA	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#256AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.219 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc78db',
    500: '#9a38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a38ca;
$custom-light: #bc78db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.274,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54663,
    "c": 0.21924,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.13963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A38CA

secondary

#A4CF8E

accent

#E14779

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120915

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A38CA

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

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