#9D38BD#9D38BD

#9D38BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.208 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D38BD
RGB	rgb(157, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 60.64, -50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 79.07, 320.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1519 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.208 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5027, 13.6716, 49.4824)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D38BD #58BD38

analogous

#5A38BD #9D38BD #BD389A

triadic

#9D38BD #BD9D38 #38BD9D

tetradic

#9D38BD #BD5A38 #58BD38 #389ABD

square

#9D38BD #BD5A38 #58BD38 #389ABD

split-complementary

#9D38BD #9ABD38 #38BD5A

monochromatic

#4F1C5F #762A8E #9D38BD #B662D0 #CC91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#9D38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#9D38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D38BD

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D38BD	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6ABA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.208 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be77d1',
    500: '#9d38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d38bd;
$custom-light: #be77d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.564,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54179,
    "c": 0.20831,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D38BD

secondary

#97C987

accent

#DE4A6E

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D38BD

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

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