#9D40BF#9D40BF

#9D40BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.200 H 315.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40BF
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 191)
HSL	hsl(284, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(284, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 66.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.08, 57.69, -49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.08, 76.20, 319.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% 0.1431 -0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.2 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1405, 14.5974, 50.7734)
Luminance	0.1460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40BF #62BF40

analogous

#5D40BF #9D40BF #BF40A2

triadic

#9D40BF #BF9D40 #40BF9D

tetradic

#9D40BF #BF5D40 #62BF40 #40A2BF

square

#9D40BF #BF5D40 #62BF40 #40A2BF

split-complementary

#9D40BF #A2BF40 #40BF5D

monochromatic

#522163 #773191 #9D40BF #B56ECE #CC9CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#9D40BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#9D40BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40BF

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40BF	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0065C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.200 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7cd3',
    500: '#9d40bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40bf;
$custom-light: #bd7cd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.937,
    "s": 49.804,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55165,
    "c": 0.20011,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40BF

secondary

#A0CA91

accent

#D94E74

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#120A14

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40BF

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

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