#9D38C6#9D38C6

#9D38C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.217 H 314.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D38C6
RGB	rgb(157, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(283, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.34, 62.44, -55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.34, 83.24, 318.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.151 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.217 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5101, 14.0745, 54.7880)
Luminance	0.1407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D38C6 #61C638

analogous

#5638C6 #9D38C6 #C638A8

triadic

#9D38C6 #C69D38 #38C69D

tetradic

#9D38C6 #C65638 #61C638 #38A8C6

square

#9D38C6 #C65638 #61C638 #38A8C6

split-complementary

#9D38C6 #A8C638 #38C656

monochromatic

#511D67 #772B96 #9D38C6 #B567D4 #CC97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#9D38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#9D38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D38C6

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D38C6	1.00	5.50	3.81	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306BC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99567C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.217 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be78d8',
    500: '#9d38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d38c6;
$custom-light: #be78d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.676,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54779,
    "c": 0.21654,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D38C6

secondary

#9FCD8D

accent

#DF4974

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D38C6

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

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