#9E38BD#9E38BD

#9E38BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.209 H 317.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E38BD
RGB	rgb(158, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.91, 60.86, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.91, 79.07, 320.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.1531 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.209 317.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6987, 13.7726, 49.4916)
Luminance	0.1377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E38BD #57BD38

analogous

#5B38BD #9E38BD #BD3899

triadic

#9E38BD #BD9E38 #38BD9E

tetradic

#9E38BD #BD5B38 #57BD38 #3899BD

square

#9E38BD #BD5B38 #57BD38 #3899BD

split-complementary

#9E38BD #99BD38 #38BD5B

monochromatic

#4F1C5F #772A8E #9E38BD #B762D0 #CC91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#9E38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#9E38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E38BD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E38BD	1.00	5.59	3.75	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6BBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.209 317.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be77d1',
    500: '#9e38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e38bd;
$custom-light: #be77d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.015,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54314,
    "c": 0.20871,
    "h": 317.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E38BD

secondary

#97C987

accent

#DE4A6D

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E38BD

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