#9D38C4#9D38C4

#9D38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.215 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D38C4
RGB	rgb(157, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(283, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(283, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.21, 62.04, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.21, 82.31, 318.91°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1512 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.215 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2810, 13.9829, 53.5811)
Luminance	0.1398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D38C4 #5FC438

analogous

#5738C4 #9D38C4 #C438A5

triadic

#9D38C4 #C49D38 #38C49D

tetradic

#9D38C4 #C45738 #5FC438 #38A5C4

square

#9D38C4 #C45738 #5FC438 #38A5C4

split-complementary

#9D38C4 #A5C438 #38C457

monochromatic

#511D65 #772A94 #9D38C4 #B566D3 #CC96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#9D38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#9D38C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D38C4

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D38C4	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326BC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A557B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.215 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be78d7',
    500: '#9d38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d38c4;
$custom-light: #be78d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54644,
    "c": 0.21471,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D38C4

secondary

#9ECC8C

accent

#DF4973

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D38C4

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

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