#9B38C3#9B38C3

#9B38C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.213 H 314.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B38C3
RGB	rgb(155, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(283, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.5%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 61.42, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 81.85, 318.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1488 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.213 314.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7804, 13.7379, 52.9655)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B38C3 #60C338

analogous

#5638C3 #9B38C3 #C338A6

triadic

#9B38C3 #C39B38 #38C39B

tetradic

#9B38C3 #C35638 #60C338 #38A6C3

square

#9B38C3 #C35638 #60C338 #38A6C3

split-complementary

#9B38C3 #A6C338 #38C356

monochromatic

#4F1D64 #752A93 #9B38C3 #B365D3 #CB95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#9B38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#9B38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B38C3

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B38C3	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97557A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.213 314.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd77d6',
    500: '#9b38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b38c3;
$custom-light: #bd77d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.734,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54312,
    "c": 0.21308,
    "h": 314.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B38C3

secondary

#9ECC8B

accent

#DF4974

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B38C3

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

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