#9A38DD#9A38DD

#9A38DD is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.237 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A38DD
RGB	rgb(154, 56, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.52, 66.67, -66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.52, 94.08, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1435 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.237 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7890, 14.9192, 69.8083)
Luminance	0.1492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A38DD #7BDD38

analogous

#4838DD #9A38DD #DD38CE

triadic

#9A38DD #DD9A38 #38DD9A

tetradic

#9A38DD #DD4838 #7BDD38 #38CEDD

square

#9A38DD #DD4838 #7BDD38 #38CEDD

split-complementary

#9A38DD #CEDD38 #38DD48

monochromatic

#581784 #7A1FB8 #9A38DD #B56CE6 #CFA1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#9A38DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#9A38DD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A38DD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A38DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A38DD	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a38dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 56, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.237 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd78e9',
    500: '#9a38dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a38dd;
$custom-light: #bd78e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a38dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.636,
    "s": 70.815,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56036,
    "c": 0.23701,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A38DD

secondary

#B2DB95

accent

#EE3A83

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A38DD

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

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