#9D40BE#9D40BE

#9D40BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.199 H 316.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40BE
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(284, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 57.49, -49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 75.73, 319.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.1432 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.199 316)
XYZ	xyz(25.0308, 14.5535, 50.1958)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40BE #61BE40

analogous

#5E40BE #9D40BE #BE40A0

triadic

#9D40BE #BE9D40 #40BE9D

tetradic

#9D40BE #BE5E40 #61BE40 #40A0BE

square

#9D40BE #BE5E40 #61BE40 #40A0BE

split-complementary

#9D40BE #A0BE40 #40BE5E

monochromatic

#512162 #773190 #9D40BE #B56DCE #CC9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#9D40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#9D40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40BE

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40BE	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.199 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7cd2',
    500: '#9d40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40be;
$custom-light: #bd7cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.286,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55101,
    "c": 0.19916,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.14553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40BE

secondary

#9FC990

accent

#D94F73

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120A14

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40BE

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

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