#9A38E1#9A38E1

#9A38E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.241 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A38E1
RGB	rgb(154, 56, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.82, 67.53, -68.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.82, 95.96, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.1427 -0.1939)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.241 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3282, 15.1349, 72.6485)
Luminance	0.1514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A38E1 #7FE138

analogous

#4638E1 #9A38E1 #E138D3

triadic

#9A38E1 #E19A38 #38E19A

tetradic

#9A38E1 #E14638 #7FE138 #38D3E1

square

#9A38E1 #E14638 #7FE138 #38D3E1

split-complementary

#9A38E1 #D3E138 #38E146

monochromatic

#59158A #7B1DBF #9A38E1 #B56DE9 #D0A2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#9A38E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#9A38E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A38E1

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A38E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A38E1	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a38e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 56, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.241 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be79eb',
    500: '#9a38e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a38e1;
$custom-light: #be79eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a38e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.793,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56336,
    "c": 0.24076,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A38E1

secondary

#B5DE97

accent

#F03785

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A38E1

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

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