#9F38E1#9F38E1

#9F38E1 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.242 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9F38E1
RGBrgb(159, 56, 225)
HSLhsl(277, 74%, 55%)
HSVhsv(277, 75%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(29.3%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(46.49, 68.40, -67.05)
CIE-LCHlch(46.49, 95.78, 315.57°)
OKLaboklab(56.95% 0.1493 -0.1904)
OKLCHoklch(56.95% 0.242 308.1)
XYZxyz(29.3000, 15.6360, 72.6941)
Luminance0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9F38E1 #7AE138
analogous
#4A38E1 #9F38E1 #E138CE
triadic
#9F38E1 #E19F38 #38E19F
tetradic
#9F38E1 #E14A38 #7AE138 #38CEE1
square
#9F38E1 #E14A38 #7AE138 #38CEE1
split-complementary
#9F38E1 #CEE138 #38E14A
monochromatic
#5C158A #801DBF #9F38E1 #B96DE9 #D2A2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09
#9F38E1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13
#9F38E1 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F38E1
5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9F38E1#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9F38E11.005.094.135.09
#FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00
#0000004.1321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006AE6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#006FDE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#94618B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9f38e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 56, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.242 308.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c179eb',
    500: '#9f38e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9f38e1;
$custom-light: #c179eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9f38e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.568,
    "s": 73.799,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56952,
    "c": 0.24198,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9F38E1
secondary
#B3DE97
accent
#F03780
background
#FCF7FE
surface
#F8EEFD
border
#D1C9D5
text
#130A16
muted
#827C84

Preview Lab

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#9F38E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva