#9D40C7#9D40C7

#9D40C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.208 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40C7
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 59.34, -53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 79.98, 317.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% 0.1426 -0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.208 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0450, 14.9592, 55.5372)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40C7 #6AC740

analogous

#5A40C7 #9D40C7 #C740AE

triadic

#9D40C7 #C79D40 #40C79D

tetradic

#9D40C7 #C75A40 #6AC740 #40AEC7

square

#9D40C7 #C75A40 #6AC740 #40AEC7

split-complementary

#9D40C7 #AEC740 #40C75A

monochromatic

#55206D #7A2E9C #9D40C7 #B56FD5 #CE9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#9D40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#9D40C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40C7

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40C7	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#995B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.208 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7cd9',
    500: '#9d40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40c7;
$custom-light: #be7cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55684,
    "c": 0.20779,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40C7

secondary

#A6CF94

accent

#DE4A78

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40C7

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

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