#9E38BC#9E38BC

#9E38BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.208 H 317.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E38BC
RGB	rgb(158, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.84, 60.66, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.84, 78.61, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% 0.1532 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.208 317.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5905, 13.7293, 48.9219)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E38BC #56BC38

analogous

#5C38BC #9E38BC #BC3898

triadic

#9E38BC #BC9E38 #38BC9E

tetradic

#9E38BC #BC5C38 #56BC38 #3898BC

square

#9E38BC #BC5C38 #56BC38 #3898BC

split-complementary

#9E38BC #98BC38 #38BC5C

monochromatic

#4F1C5E #762A8D #9E38BC #B761D0 #CC90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.61

#9E38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#9E38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E38BC

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E38BC	1.00	5.61	3.75	5.61
#FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.208 317.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be77d1',
    500: '#9e38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e38bc;
$custom-light: #be77d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54249,
    "c": 0.2078,
    "h": 317.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E38BC

secondary

#96C987

accent

#DD4A6C

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E38BC

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

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