#9F38CC#9F38CC

#9F38CC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.223 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F38CC
RGB	rgb(159, 56, 204)
HSL	hsl(282, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(282, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 72.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 64.05, -57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 86.01, 318.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.1528 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.223 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6094, 14.5597, 58.5236)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F38CC #65CC38

analogous

#5538CC #9F38CC #CC38AF

triadic

#9F38CC #CC9F38 #38CC9F

tetradic

#9F38CC #CC5538 #65CC38 #38AFCC

square

#9F38CC #CC5538 #65CC38 #38AFCC

split-complementary

#9F38CC #AFCC38 #38CC55

monochromatic

#551C6E #7A299E #9F38CC #B769D8 #CE99E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#9F38CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#9F38CC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F38CC

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F38CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F38CC	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B6DC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A597F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f38cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 56, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.223 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c078dc',
    500: '#9f38cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f38cc;
$custom-light: #c078dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f38cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.757,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55452,
    "c": 0.22271,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F38CC

secondary

#A3D18F

accent

#E24575

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F38CC

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

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