#9F38BB#9F38BB

#9F38BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.207 H 318.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F38BB
RGB	rgb(159, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(15%, 70.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.93, 60.68, -49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.93, 78.17, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% 0.1545 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.207 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6806, 13.7882, 48.3654)
Luminance	0.1379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F38BB #54BB38

analogous

#5E38BB #9F38BB #BB3895

triadic

#9F38BB #BB9F38 #38BB9F

tetradic

#9F38BB #BB5E38 #54BB38 #3895BB

square

#9F38BB #BB5E38 #54BB38 #3895BB

split-complementary

#9F38BB #95BB38 #38BB5E

monochromatic

#4F1C5D #772A8C #9F38BB #B861D0 #CD90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#9F38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#9F38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F38BB

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F38BB	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6BB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.207 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf78d0',
    500: '#9f38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f38bb;
$custom-light: #bf78d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.176,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5432,
    "c": 0.20729,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F38BB

secondary

#94C886

accent

#DD4B6A

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F38BB

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

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