#9F38D7#9F38D7

#9F38D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.233 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F38D7
RGB	rgb(159, 56, 215)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 74%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.78, 66.31, -62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.78, 91.12, 316.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.22% 0.1511 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(56.22% 0.233 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9756, 15.1062, 65.7189)
Luminance	0.1511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F38D7 #70D738

analogous

#4F38D7 #9F38D7 #D738BF

triadic

#9F38D7 #D79F38 #38D79F

tetradic

#9F38D7 #D74F38 #70D738 #38BFD7

square

#9F38D7 #D74F38 #70D738 #38BFD7

split-complementary

#9F38D7 #BFD738 #38D74F

monochromatic

#59197C #7E23AF #9F38D7 #B86BE1 #D09EEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.22

#9F38D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.02

#9F38D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F38D7

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F38D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F38D7	1.00	5.22	4.02	5.22
#FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#136ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f38d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 56, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.233 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c079e4',
    500: '#9f38d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f38d7;
$custom-light: #c079e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f38d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.868,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56224,
    "c": 0.23278,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F38D7

secondary

#ABD893

accent

#E93E7B

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F38D7

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

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