#9B38E2#9B38E2

#9B38E2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.242 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B38E2
RGB	rgb(155, 56, 226)
HSL	hsl(275, 75%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.4%, 75.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 67.92, -68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 96.39, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.1438 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.242 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6562, 15.2882, 73.3780)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B38E2 #7FE238

analogous

#4638E2 #9B38E2 #E238D4

triadic

#9B38E2 #E29B38 #38E29B

tetradic

#9B38E2 #E24638 #7FE238 #38D4E2

square

#9B38E2 #E24638 #7FE238 #38D4E2

split-complementary

#9B38E2 #D4E238 #38E246

monochromatic

#5A148B #7C1CC1 #9B38E2 #B66DEA #D1A3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#9B38E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#9B38E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B38E2

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B38E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B38E2	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b38e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 56, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.242 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be79ec',
    500: '#9b38e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b38e2;
$custom-light: #be79ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b38e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.941,
    "s": 74.561,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56534,
    "c": 0.24192,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B38E2

secondary

#B5DE97

accent

#F13785

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B38E2

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

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