#9A38D9#9A38D9

#9A38D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.233 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A38D9
RGB	rgb(154, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 65.81, -64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 92.20, 315.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% 0.1442 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.233 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2624, 14.7086, 67.0350)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A38D9 #77D938

analogous

#4938D9 #9A38D9 #D938C7

triadic

#9A38D9 #D99A38 #38D99A

tetradic

#9A38D9 #D94938 #77D938 #38C7D9

square

#9A38D9 #D94938 #77D938 #38C7D9

split-complementary

#9A38D9 #C7D938 #38D949

monochromatic

#56187E #7A22B2 #9A38D9 #B46BE3 #CE9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#9A38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#9A38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A38D9

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A38D9	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#905F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.233 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd78e6',
    500: '#9a38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a38d9;
$custom-light: #bd78e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55739,
    "c": 0.23325,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A38D9

secondary

#AFD994

accent

#EB3D81

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A38D9

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

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