#9C40BF#9C40BF

#9C40BF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.200 H 315.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C40BF
RGB	rgb(156, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(283, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(283, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.94, 57.47, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.94, 76.19, 318.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1419 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.2 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9462, 14.4972, 50.7643)
Luminance	0.1450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C40BF #63BF40

analogous

#5D40BF #9C40BF #BF40A2

triadic

#9C40BF #BF9C40 #40BF9C

tetradic

#9C40BF #BF5D40 #63BF40 #40A2BF

square

#9C40BF #BF5D40 #63BF40 #40A2BF

split-complementary

#9C40BF #A2BF40 #40BF5D

monochromatic

#512163 #773191 #9C40BF #B46ECE #CC9CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#9C40BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#9C40BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C40BF

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C40BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C40BF	1.00	5.39	3.90	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c40bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.200 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7bd3',
    500: '#9c40bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c40bf;
$custom-light: #bd7bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c40bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.465,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55035,
    "c": 0.19972,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C40BF

secondary

#A1CA91

accent

#D94E75

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120A14

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C40BF

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

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