#9840B5#9840B5

#9840B5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.188 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9840B5
RGB	rgb(152, 64, 181)
HSL	hsl(285, 48%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(285, 65%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 64.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.77, 54.50, -46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.77, 71.36, 319.79°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.1373 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.188 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1215, 13.6793, 45.1295)
Luminance	0.1368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9840B5 #5DB540

analogous

#5D40B5 #9840B5 #B54097

triadic

#9840B5 #B59840 #40B598

tetradic

#9840B5 #B55D40 #5DB540 #4097B5

square

#9840B5 #B55D40 #5DB540 #4097B5

split-complementary

#9840B5 #97B540 #40B55D

monochromatic

#4C205B #723088 #9840B5 #B268CA #C996DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#9840B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.74

#9840B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9840B5

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9840B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9840B5	1.00	5.62	3.74	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1462B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#975575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9840b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 64, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.188 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba7bcc',
    500: '#9840b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9840b5;
$custom-light: #ba7bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9840b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.128,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53882,
    "c": 0.18846,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9840B5

secondary

#9AC58B

accent

#D75072

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#120A13

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9840B5

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

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