#9E38D7#9E38D7

#9E38D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.232 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E38D7
RGB	rgb(158, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 66.12, -62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 91.15, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.1% 0.1498 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(56.1% 0.232 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7781, 15.0043, 65.7096)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E38D7 #71D738

analogous

#4F38D7 #9E38D7 #D738C0

triadic

#9E38D7 #D79E38 #38D79E

tetradic

#9E38D7 #D74F38 #71D738 #38C0D7

square

#9E38D7 #D74F38 #71D738 #38C0D7

split-complementary

#9E38D7 #C0D738 #38D74F

monochromatic

#58197C #7D23AF #9E38D7 #B76BE1 #D09EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#9E38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#9E38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E38D7

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E38D7	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F6ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#965D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.232 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c079e4',
    500: '#9e38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e38d7;
$custom-light: #c079e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.491,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56097,
    "c": 0.23249,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E38D7

secondary

#ACD893

accent

#E93E7C

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E38D7

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

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