#9040BA#9040BA

#9040BA is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.190 H 311.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9040BA
RGB	rgb(144, 64, 186)
HSL	hsl(279, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(279, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 65.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 53.70, -50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 73.60, 316.85°)
OKLab	oklab(53.18% 0.127 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(53.18% 0.19 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1963, 13.1418, 47.8122)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9040BA #6ABA40

analogous

#5340BA #9040BA #BA40A7

triadic

#9040BA #BA9040 #40BA90

tetradic

#9040BA #BA5340 #6ABA40 #40A7BA

square

#9040BA #BA5340 #6ABA40 #40A7BA

split-complementary

#9040BA #A7BA40 #40BA53

monochromatic

#49215F #6D308C #9040BA #AB6BCC #C599DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#9040BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#9040BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9040BA

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9040BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9040BA	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0062BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3467B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B5877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9040ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 64, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.190 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b47acf',
    500: '#9040ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9040ba;
$custom-light: #b47acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9040ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.344,
    "s": 48.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53178,
    "c": 0.19038,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9040BA

secondary

#A2C88E

accent

#D84F7F

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F6EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#110A14

muted

#807C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9040BA

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

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