#9E40AE#9E40AE

#9E40AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.185 H 321.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40AE
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 174)
HSL	hsl(291, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(291, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 63.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 54.56, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 68.35, 322.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.26% 0.1446 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(54.26% 0.185 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5731, 13.9931, 41.4954)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40AE #50AE40

analogous

#6740AE #9E40AE #AE4087

triadic

#9E40AE #AE9E40 #40AE9E

tetradic

#9E40AE #AE6740 #50AE40 #4087AE

square

#9E40AE #AE6740 #50AE40 #4087AE

split-complementary

#9E40AE #87AE40 #40AE67

monochromatic

#4D1F55 #753081 #9E40AE #B865C6 #CD92D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#9E40AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#9E40AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40AE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40AE	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2662B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.185 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7bc7',
    500: '#9e40ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40ae;
$custom-light: #be7bc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.273,
    "s": 46.218,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54256,
    "c": 0.18451,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40AE

secondary

#90C288

accent

#D65265

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#120A13

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40AE

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

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