#9A40BE#9A40BE

#9A40BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.198 H 314.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A40BE
RGB	rgb(154, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(283, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.9%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.60, 56.81, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.60, 75.68, 318.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.71% 0.1394 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(54.71% 0.198 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.4526, 14.2553, 50.1687)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A40BE #64BE40

analogous

#5B40BE #9A40BE #BE40A3

triadic

#9A40BE #BE9A40 #40BE9A

tetradic

#9A40BE #BE5B40 #64BE40 #40A3BE

square

#9A40BE #BE5B40 #64BE40 #40A3BE

split-complementary

#9A40BE #A3BE40 #40BE5B

monochromatic

#502162 #753190 #9A40BE #B26DCE #CA9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#9A40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#9A40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A40BE

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A40BE	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.198 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb7bd2',
    500: '#9a40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a40be;
$custom-light: #bb7bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54712,
    "c": 0.198,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A40BE

secondary

#A1C990

accent

#D94F76

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120A14

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A40BE

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

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