#9F38D9#9F38D9

#9F38D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.235 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F38D9
RGB	rgb(159, 56, 217)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 66.72, -63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 92.05, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.1508 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.235 310)
XYZ	xyz(28.2342, 15.2096, 67.0806)
Luminance	0.1521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F38D9 #72D938

analogous

#4E38D9 #9F38D9 #D938C2

triadic

#9F38D9 #D99F38 #38D99F

tetradic

#9F38D9 #D94E38 #72D938 #38C2D9

square

#9F38D9 #D94E38 #72D938 #38C2D9

split-complementary

#9F38D9 #C2D938 #38D94E

monochromatic

#5A187E #7E22B2 #9F38D9 #B86BE3 #D19FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#9F38D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#9F38D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F38D9

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F38D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F38D9	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B6ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f38d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 56, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.235 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c079e6',
    500: '#9f38d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f38d9;
$custom-light: #c079e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f38d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.385,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56368,
    "c": 0.23461,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.15209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F38D9

secondary

#ADD994

accent

#EB3D7C

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F38D9

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

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