#9E38E1#9E38E1

#9E38E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.242 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E38E1
RGB	rgb(158, 56, 225)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 68.22, -67.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 95.82, 315.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.148 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.242 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1025, 15.5341, 72.6848)
Luminance	0.1553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E38E1 #7BE138

analogous

#4938E1 #9E38E1 #E138CF

triadic

#9E38E1 #E19E38 #38E19E

tetradic

#9E38E1 #E14938 #7BE138 #38CFE1

square

#9E38E1 #E14938 #7BE138 #38CFE1

split-complementary

#9E38E1 #CFE138 #38E149

monochromatic

#5B158A #7F1DBF #9E38E1 #B86DE9 #D2A2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#9E38E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#9E38E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E38E1

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E38E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E38E1	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93628B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e38e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 56, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.242 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c079eb',
    500: '#9e38e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e38e1;
$custom-light: #c079eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e38e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.213,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56828,
    "c": 0.24172,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E38E1

secondary

#B3DE97

accent

#F03781

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E38E1

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

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