#9D38D0#9D38D0

#9D38D0 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.226 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D38D0
RGB	rgb(157, 56, 208)
HSL	hsl(280, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(280, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.5%, 73.1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.01, 64.48, -59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.01, 87.90, 317.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1497 -0.169)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.226 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7018, 14.5512, 61.0643)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D38D0 #6BD038

analogous

#5138D0 #9D38D0 #D038B7

triadic

#9D38D0 #D09D38 #38D09D

tetradic

#9D38D0 #D05138 #6BD038 #38B7D0

square

#9D38D0 #D05138 #6BD038 #38B7D0

split-complementary

#9D38D0 #B7D038 #38D051

monochromatic

#551B73 #7A27A4 #9D38D0 #B56ADC #CE9BE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#9D38D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#9D38D0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D38D0

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D38D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D38D0	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#206CCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d38d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 56, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.226 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf78df',
    500: '#9d38d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d38d0;
$custom-light: #bf78df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d38d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.868,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55471,
    "c": 0.22574,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.14551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D38D0

secondary

#A7D391

accent

#E54379

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D38D0

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

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