#9E38EE#9E38EE

#9E38EE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.254 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E38EE
RGB	rgb(158, 56, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 84%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 76.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 71.00, -73.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 101.88, 314.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.1451 -0.2081)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.254 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9438, 16.2707, 82.3827)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E38EE #88EE38

analogous

#4338EE #9E38EE #EE38E3

triadic

#9E38EE #EE9E38 #38EE9E

tetradic

#9E38EE #EE4338 #88EE38 #38E3EE

square

#9E38EE #EE4338 #88EE38 #38E3EE

split-complementary

#9E38EE #E3EE38 #38EE43

monochromatic

#5F0E9E #8012D6 #9E38EE #B970F3 #D5A9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#9E38EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#9E38EE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E38EE

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E38EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E38EE	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EF3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e38ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 56, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.254 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17af5',
    500: '#9e38ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e38ee;
$custom-light: #c17af5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e38ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 84.259,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57812,
    "c": 0.25373,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E38EE

secondary

#BCE69C

accent

#FB2D87

background

#FCF7FF

surface

#F8EEFE

border

#D1C9D6

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E38EE

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

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