#9E38C8#9E38C8

#9E38C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.219 H 314.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E38C8
RGB	rgb(158, 56, 200)
HSL	hsl(283, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 72%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.62, 63.04, -55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.62, 84.16, 318.51°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.152 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.219 314)
XYZ	xyz(25.9383, 14.2684, 56.0201)
Luminance	0.1427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E38C8 #62C838

analogous

#5638C8 #9E38C8 #C838AA

triadic

#9E38C8 #C89E38 #38C89E

tetradic

#9E38C8 #C85638 #62C838 #38AAC8

square

#9E38C8 #C85638 #62C838 #38AAC8

split-complementary

#9E38C8 #AAC838 #38C856

monochromatic

#531D69 #782A99 #9E38C8 #B568D5 #CD98E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#9E38C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#9E38C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E38C8

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E38C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E38C8	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F6CC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A577D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e38c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 56, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.219 314.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf78d9',
    500: '#9e38c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e38c8;
$custom-light: #bf78d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e38c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.5,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55047,
    "c": 0.21871,
    "h": 314
  },
  "luminance": 0.14268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E38C8

secondary

#A0CE8E

accent

#E04874

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E38C8

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

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