#9E38C6#9E38C6

#9E38C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.217 H 314.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E38C6
RGB	rgb(158, 56, 198)
HSL	hsl(283, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 62.64, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 83.23, 318.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1522 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.217 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7061, 14.1756, 54.7972)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E38C6 #60C638

analogous

#5738C6 #9E38C6 #C638A7

triadic

#9E38C6 #C69E38 #38C69E

tetradic

#9E38C6 #C65738 #60C638 #38A7C6

square

#9E38C6 #C65738 #60C638 #38A7C6

split-complementary

#9E38C6 #A7C638 #38C657

monochromatic

#521D67 #782B96 #9E38C6 #B567D4 #CD97E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#9E38C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#9E38C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E38C6

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E38C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E38C6	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316CC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A567C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e38c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 56, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.217 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf78d8',
    500: '#9e38c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e38c6;
$custom-light: #bf78d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e38c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.099,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54911,
    "c": 0.21689,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E38C6

secondary

#9FCD8D

accent

#DF4973

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130915

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E38C6

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

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