#9E38DF#9E38DF

#9E38DF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.240 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E38DF
RGB	rgb(158, 56, 223)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 74.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.21, 67.80, -66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.21, 94.88, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1484 -0.1885)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.24 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8312, 15.4256, 71.2563)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E38DF #79DF38

analogous

#4B38DF #9E38DF #DF38CC

triadic

#9E38DF #DF9E38 #38DF9E

tetradic

#9E38DF #DF4B38 #79DF38 #38CCDF

square

#9E38DF #DF4B38 #79DF38 #38CCDF

split-complementary

#9E38DF #CCDF38 #38DF4B

monochromatic

#5B1687 #7E1EBC #9E38DF #B86DE7 #D1A1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#9E38DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#9E38DF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E38DF

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E38DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E38DF	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006EDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94618A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e38df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 56, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.240 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c079ea',
    500: '#9e38df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e38df;
$custom-light: #c079ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e38df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.647,
    "s": 72.294,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5668,
    "c": 0.23987,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E38DF

secondary

#B2DD96

accent

#EF3980

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E38DF

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

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