#9E38BE#9E38BE

#9E38BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.210 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E38BE
RGB	rgb(158, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 61.05, -50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 79.53, 320.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.153 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.21 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8076, 13.8162, 50.0653)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E38BE #58BE38

analogous

#5B38BE #9E38BE #BE389B

triadic

#9E38BE #BE9E38 #38BE9E

tetradic

#9E38BE #BE5B38 #58BE38 #389BBE

square

#9E38BE #BE5B38 #58BE38 #389BBE

split-complementary

#9E38BE #9BBE38 #38BE5B

monochromatic

#4F1C5F #772A8F #9E38BE #B662D1 #CC92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#9E38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9E38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E38BE

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E38BE	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A6BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C5377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.210 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be78d2',
    500: '#9e38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e38be;
$custom-light: #be78d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.672,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54379,
    "c": 0.20961,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E38BE

secondary

#98CA88

accent

#DE4A6D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E38BE

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

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