#9E39CD#9E39CD

#9E39CD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.222 H 312.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E39CD
RGB	rgb(158, 57, 205)
HSL	hsl(281, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(281, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.09, 63.67, -57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.09, 86.05, 317.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1504 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.222 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5811, 14.6039, 59.1644)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E39CD #68CD39

analogous

#5439CD #9E39CD #CD39B2

triadic

#9E39CD #CD9E39 #39CD9E

tetradic

#9E39CD #CD5439 #68CD39 #39B2CD

square

#9E39CD #CD5439 #68CD39 #39B2CD

split-complementary

#9E39CD #B2CD39 #39CD54

monochromatic

#551C6F #7A28A0 #9E39CD #B66AD9 #CE9BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#9E39CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#9E39CD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E39CD

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E39CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E39CD	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#286DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e39cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 57, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.222 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf79dd',
    500: '#9e39cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e39cd;
$custom-light: #bf79dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e39cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.946,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55488,
    "c": 0.22218,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E39CD

secondary

#A5D290

accent

#E34577

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E39CD

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

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