#9B40B2#9B40B2

#9B40B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.187 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B40B2
RGB	rgb(155, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(288, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(288, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 64%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 54.61, -43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 70.06, 321.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% 0.141 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.187 319)
XYZ	xyz(23.3858, 13.8507, 43.5525)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B40B2 #57B240

analogous

#6240B2 #9B40B2 #B24090

triadic

#9B40B2 #B29B40 #40B29B

tetradic

#9B40B2 #B26240 #57B240 #4090B2

square

#9B40B2 #B26240 #57B240 #4090B2

split-complementary

#9B40B2 #90B240 #40B262

monochromatic

#4D2058 #743085 #9B40B2 #B567C8 #CB94D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#9B40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#9B40B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B40B2

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B40B2	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E62B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476BAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.187 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7bc9',
    500: '#9b40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b40b2;
$custom-light: #bc7bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.895,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54093,
    "c": 0.18687,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.1385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B40B2

secondary

#96C48A

accent

#D7516C

background

#FBF7FC

surface

#F7EEF8

border

#D0C9D1

text

#120A13

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B40B2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →