#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
RGB	rgb(159, 56, 225)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 75.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.49, 68.40, -67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.49, 95.78, 315.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1493 -0.1904)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.242 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3000, 15.6360, 72.6941)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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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
##9F38E1	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9F38E1

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

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