#9F38BE#9F38BE

#9F38BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.210 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F38BE
RGB	rgb(159, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(286, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(286, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.12, 61.26, -50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.12, 79.54, 320.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% 0.1542 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.21 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.0052, 13.9180, 50.0745)
Luminance	0.1392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9F38BE #57BE38

analogous

#5C38BE #9F38BE #BE389A

triadic

#9F38BE #BE9F38 #38BE9F

tetradic

#9F38BE #BE5C38 #57BE38 #389ABE

square

#9F38BE #BE5C38 #57BE38 #389ABE

split-complementary

#9F38BE #9ABE38 #38BE5C

monochromatic

#501C5F #772A8F #9F38BE #B762D1 #CD92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#9F38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#9F38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F38BE

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F38BE	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B6BBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9E5377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.210 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf78d2',
    500: '#9f38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f38be;
$custom-light: #bf78d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.119,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54514,
    "c": 0.21,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F38BE

secondary

#97CA88

accent

#DE4A6C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130914

muted

#827B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F38BE

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

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