#9D40C8#9D40C8

#9D40C8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.209 H 313.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40C8
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.64, 59.55, -54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.64, 80.46, 317.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.1425 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.209 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1615, 15.0058, 56.1507)
Luminance	0.1500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40C8 #6BC840

analogous

#5940C8 #9D40C8 #C840AF

triadic

#9D40C8 #C89D40 #40C89D

tetradic

#9D40C8 #C85940 #6BC840 #40AFC8

square

#9D40C8 #C85940 #6BC840 #40AFC8

split-complementary

#9D40C8 #AFC840 #40C859

monochromatic

#55206E #7A2D9D #9D40C8 #B570D6 #CE9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#9D40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#9D40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40C8

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40C8	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.209 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7cd9',
    500: '#9d40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40c8;
$custom-light: #be7cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.029,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5575,
    "c": 0.20876,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40C8

secondary

#A7D094

accent

#DF4978

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40C8

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

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