#9B38D7#9B38D7

#9B38D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.232 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B38D7
RGB	rgb(155, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 65.57, -63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 91.23, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.1459 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.232 309)
XYZ	xyz(27.1950, 14.7037, 65.6823)
Luminance	0.1470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B38D7 #74D738

analogous

#4B38D7 #9B38D7 #D738C4

triadic

#9B38D7 #D79B38 #38D79B

tetradic

#9B38D7 #D74B38 #74D738 #38C4D7

square

#9B38D7 #D74B38 #74D738 #38C4D7

split-complementary

#9B38D7 #C4D738 #38D74B

monochromatic

#56197C #7A23AF #9B38D7 #B56BE1 #CE9EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#9B38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#9B38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B38D7

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B38D7	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#925E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.232 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be78e4',
    500: '#9b38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b38d7;
$custom-light: #be78e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.358,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55718,
    "c": 0.23165,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.14703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B38D7

secondary

#ADD893

accent

#E93E7F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B38D7

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

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