#9D40BC#9D40BC

#9D40BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.197 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40BC
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.5%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 57.08, -48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 74.79, 319.75°)
OKLab	oklab(54.97% 0.1432 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(54.97% 0.197 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8138, 14.4667, 49.0525)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40BC #5FBC40

analogous

#5F40BC #9D40BC #BC409D

triadic

#9D40BC #BC9D40 #40BC9D

tetradic

#9D40BC #BC5F40 #5FBC40 #409DBC

square

#9D40BC #BC5F40 #5FBC40 #409DBC

split-complementary

#9D40BC #9DBC40 #40BC5F

monochromatic

#512161 #77308E #9D40BC #B56CCD #CC9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#9D40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#9D40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40BC

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40BC	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0865C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.197 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7bd1',
    500: '#9d40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40bc;
$custom-light: #bd7bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54975,
    "c": 0.19724,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40BC

secondary

#9EC98F

accent

#D94F71

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#120A14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40BC

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

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