#9040B8#9040B8

#9040B8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.188 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9040B8
RGB	rgb(144, 64, 184)
HSL	hsl(280, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(280, 65%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.7%, 65.2%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.85, 53.26, -49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.85, 72.62, 317.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.05% 0.1271 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(53.05% 0.188 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9852, 13.0574, 46.7003)
Luminance	0.1306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9040B8 #68B840

analogous

#5440B8 #9040B8 #B840A4

triadic

#9040B8 #B89040 #40B890

tetradic

#9040B8 #B85440 #68B840 #40A4B8

square

#9040B8 #B85440 #68B840 #40A4B8

split-complementary

#9040B8 #A4B840 #40B854

monochromatic

#49205D #6C308B #9040B8 #AB6ACB #C497DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#9040B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#9040B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9040B8

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9040B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9040B8	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0061BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3667B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C5876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9040b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 64, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.188 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47ace',
    500: '#9040b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9040b8;
$custom-light: #b47ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9040b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53047,
    "c": 0.18834,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9040B8

secondary

#A0C78D

accent

#D8507D

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9040B8

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

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