#9B38E1#9B38E1

#9B38E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.241 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B38E1
RGB	rgb(155, 56, 225)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.1%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.95, 67.70, -67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.95, 95.92, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.144 -0.1932)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.241 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5194, 15.2335, 72.6575)
Luminance	0.1523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B38E1 #7EE138

analogous

#4738E1 #9B38E1 #E138D2

triadic

#9B38E1 #E19B38 #38E19B

tetradic

#9B38E1 #E14738 #7EE138 #38D2E1

square

#9B38E1 #E14738 #7EE138 #38D2E1

split-complementary

#9B38E1 #D2E138 #38E147

monochromatic

#59158A #7C1DBF #9B38E1 #B66DE9 #D0A2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#9B38E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#9B38E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B38E1

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B38E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B38E1	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b38e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 56, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.241 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be79eb',
    500: '#9b38e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b38e1;
$custom-light: #be79eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b38e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.148,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56458,
    "c": 0.24099,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B38E1

secondary

#B4DE97

accent

#F03784

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B38E1

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

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