#9D38BE#9D38BE

#9D38BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.209 H 316.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D38BE
RGB	rgb(157, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(285, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.82, 60.84, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.82, 79.53, 319.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1518 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.209 316.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6117, 13.7151, 50.0561)
Luminance	0.1371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9D38BE #59BE38

analogous

#5A38BE #9D38BE #BE389C

triadic

#9D38BE #BE9D38 #38BE9D

tetradic

#9D38BE #BE5A38 #59BE38 #389CBE

square

#9D38BE #BE5A38 #59BE38 #389CBE

split-complementary

#9D38BE #9CBE38 #38BE5A

monochromatic

#4F1C5F #762A8F #9D38BE #B662D1 #CC92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#9D38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#9D38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D38BE

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D38BE	1.00	5.61	3.74	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396ABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.209 316.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be77d2',
    500: '#9d38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d38be;
$custom-light: #be77d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.224,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54245,
    "c": 0.20923,
    "h": 316.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D38BE

secondary

#98CA88

accent

#DE4A6E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D38BE

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

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