#9B38D3#9B38D3

#9B38D3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.228 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B38D3
RGB	rgb(155, 56, 211)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(278, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 64.73, -61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 89.35, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.43% 0.1466 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(55.43% 0.228 310)
XYZ	xyz(26.6873, 14.5006, 63.0084)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B38D3 #70D338

analogous

#4E38D3 #9B38D3 #D338BD

triadic

#9B38D3 #D39B38 #38D39B

tetradic

#9B38D3 #D34E38 #70D338 #38BDD3

square

#9B38D3 #D34E38 #70D338 #38BDD3

split-complementary

#9B38D3 #BDD338 #38D34E

monochromatic

#551A76 #7925A9 #9B38D3 #B46ADE #CD9CE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#9B38D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#9B38D3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B38D3

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B38D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B38D3	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#126CD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#935C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b38d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 56, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.228 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd78e1',
    500: '#9b38d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b38d3;
$custom-light: #bd78e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b38d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.323,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55429,
    "c": 0.22793,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B38D3

secondary

#AAD592

accent

#E7417D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B38D3

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

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