#9B38CA#9B38CA

#9B38CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.220 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B38CA
RGB	rgb(155, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.32, 62.86, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.32, 85.12, 317.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.148 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.22 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5905, 14.0619, 57.2318)
Luminance	0.1406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B38CA #67CA38

analogous

#5238CA #9B38CA #CA38B0

triadic

#9B38CA #CA9B38 #38CA9B

tetradic

#9B38CA #CA5238 #67CA38 #38B0CA

square

#9B38CA #CA5238 #67CA38 #38B0CA

split-complementary

#9B38CA #B0CA38 #38CA52

monochromatic

#521D6B #77299B #9B38CA #B368D7 #CC99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#9B38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#9B38CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B38CA

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B38CA	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#266BC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96587E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.220 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd78db',
    500: '#9b38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b38ca;
$custom-light: #bd78db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.685,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54792,
    "c": 0.21956,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B38CA

secondary

#A3CF8E

accent

#E14778

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B38CA

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

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