#9C38D9#9C38D9

#9C38D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.234 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C38D9
RGB	rgb(156, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 66.17, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 92.14, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.1469 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.234 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6463, 14.9065, 67.0530)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C38D9 #75D938

analogous

#4B38D9 #9C38D9 #D938C5

triadic

#9C38D9 #D99C38 #38D99C

tetradic

#9C38D9 #D94B38 #75D938 #38C5D9

square

#9C38D9 #D94B38 #75D938 #38C5D9

split-complementary

#9C38D9 #C5D938 #38D94B

monochromatic

#58187E #7B22B2 #9C38D9 #B66BE3 #CF9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#9C38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#9C38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C38D9

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C38D9	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#935E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.234 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be78e6',
    500: '#9c38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c38d9;
$custom-light: #be78e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.267,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5599,
    "c": 0.23379,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C38D9

secondary

#AED994

accent

#EB3D7F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C38D9

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

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