#9A40BC#9A40BC

#9A40BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.196 H 315.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A40BC
RGB	rgb(154, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(284, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.47, 56.40, -49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.47, 74.73, 319.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% 0.1395 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.196 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2355, 14.1685, 49.0254)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A40BC #62BC40

analogous

#5C40BC #9A40BC #BC40A0

triadic

#9A40BC #BC9A40 #40BC9A

tetradic

#9A40BC #BC5C40 #62BC40 #40A0BC

square

#9A40BC #BC5C40 #62BC40 #40A0BC

split-complementary

#9A40BC #A0BC40 #40BC5C

monochromatic

#4F2161 #75308E #9A40BC #B26CCD #CA9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#9A40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#9A40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A40BC

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A40BC	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.196 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb7bd1',
    500: '#9a40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a40bc;
$custom-light: #bb7bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.548,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54584,
    "c": 0.19605,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A40BC

secondary

#9FC98F

accent

#D94F75

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EEF9

border

#D0C9D2

text

#120A14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A40BC

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

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