#9C40BC#9C40BC

#9C40BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.197 H 316.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C40BC
RGB	rgb(156, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(17%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.75, 56.85, -48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.75, 74.77, 319.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% 0.142 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.197 316.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6194, 14.3665, 49.0434)
Luminance	0.1437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C40BC #60BC40

analogous

#5E40BC #9C40BC #BC409E

triadic

#9C40BC #BC9C40 #40BC9C

tetradic

#9C40BC #BC5E40 #60BC40 #409EBC

square

#9C40BC #BC5E40 #60BC40 #409EBC

split-complementary

#9C40BC #9EBC40 #40BC5E

monochromatic

#502161 #76308E #9C40BC #B46CCD #CB9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.42

#9C40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.87

#9C40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C40BC

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C40BC	1.00	5.42	3.87	5.42
#FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0564C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406CB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.197 316.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7bd1',
    500: '#9c40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c40bc;
$custom-light: #bd7bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54844,
    "c": 0.19684,
    "h": 316.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C40BC

secondary

#9EC98F

accent

#D94F73

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#120A14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C40BC

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

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