#9E238A#9E238A

#9E238A is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.191 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E238A
RGB	rgb(158, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(310, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(310, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.39, 59.39, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.39, 65.97, 334.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.42% 0.1741 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(49.42% 0.191 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2893, 10.3079, 25.0136)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E238A #239E37

analogous

#74239E #9E238A #9E234C

triadic

#9E238A #8A9E23 #238A9E

tetradic

#9E238A #9E7423 #239E37 #234C9E

square

#9E238A #9E7423 #239E37 #234C9E

split-complementary

#9E238A #4C9E23 #239E74

monochromatic

#3A0D32 #6C185E #9E238A #D02EB6 #DC60C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#9E238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#9E238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E238A

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E238A	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516187

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A62D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.191 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be6cac',
    500: '#9e238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e238a;
$custom-light: #be6cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.756,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49423,
    "c": 0.19091,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E238A

secondary

#5CC16D

accent

#E75C41

background

#FCF6FA

surface

#F8ECF4

border

#D1C7CE

text

#130810

muted

#827A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E238A

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

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