#9F38BC#9F38BC

#9F38BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.208 H 317.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F38BC
RGB	rgb(159, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(287, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(287, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.99, 60.87, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.99, 78.63, 320.74°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.1544 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.208 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7881, 13.8312, 48.9312)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F38BC #55BC38

analogous

#5D38BC #9F38BC #BC3897

triadic

#9F38BC #BC9F38 #38BC9F

tetradic

#9F38BC #BC5D38 #55BC38 #3897BC

square

#9F38BC #BC5D38 #55BC38 #3897BC

split-complementary

#9F38BC #97BC38 #38BC5D

monochromatic

#4F1C5E #772A8D #9F38BC #B861D0 #CD90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#9F38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#9F38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F38BC

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F38BC	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6BB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.208 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf78d1',
    500: '#9f38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f38bc;
$custom-light: #bf78d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54385,
    "c": 0.20819,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F38BC

secondary

#95C987

accent

#DD4A6B

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#130914

muted

#827B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F38BC

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

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