#9B38C4#9B38C4

#9B38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.214 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B38C4
RGB	rgb(155, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(282, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(282, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 61.63, -54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 82.32, 318.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.1487 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.214 314)
XYZ	xyz(24.8939, 13.7833, 53.5630)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B38C4 #61C438

analogous

#5538C4 #9B38C4 #C438A7

triadic

#9B38C4 #C49B38 #38C49B

tetradic

#9B38C4 #C45538 #61C438 #38A7C4

square

#9B38C4 #C45538 #61C438 #38A7C4

split-complementary

#9B38C4 #A7C438 #38C455

monochromatic

#501D65 #752A94 #9B38C4 #B366D3 #CB96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#9B38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9B38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B38C4

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B38C4	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97567B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.214 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd77d7',
    500: '#9b38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b38c4;
$custom-light: #bd77d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5438,
    "c": 0.21401,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.13782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B38C4

secondary

#9FCC8C

accent

#DF4975

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120914

muted

#817B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B38C4

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

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