#9C38BC#9C38BC

#9C38BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.207 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C38BC
RGB	rgb(156, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(285, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 60.23, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 78.60, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(53.98% 0.1507 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(53.98% 0.207 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2002, 13.5281, 48.9036)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C38BC #58BC38

analogous

#5A38BC #9C38BC #BC389A

triadic

#9C38BC #BC9C38 #38BC9C

tetradic

#9C38BC #BC5A38 #58BC38 #389ABC

square

#9C38BC #BC5A38 #58BC38 #389ABC

split-complementary

#9C38BC #9ABC38 #38BC5A

monochromatic

#4E1C5E #752A8D #9C38BC #B561D0 #CB90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#9C38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#9C38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C38BC

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C38BC	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.207 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd77d1',
    500: '#9c38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c38bc;
$custom-light: #bd77d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5398,
    "c": 0.20702,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C38BC

secondary

#97C987

accent

#DD4A6E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#120914

muted

#817B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C38BC

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

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