#9E40BC#9E40BC

#9E40BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.198 H 317.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40BC
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 188)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 66%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.04, 57.31, -48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.04, 74.82, 320.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.11% 0.1445 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(55.11% 0.198 317)
XYZ	xyz(25.0097, 14.5677, 49.0617)
Luminance	0.1457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40BC #5EBC40

analogous

#6040BC #9E40BC #BC409C

triadic

#9E40BC #BC9E40 #40BC9E

tetradic

#9E40BC #BC6040 #5EBC40 #409CBC

square

#9E40BC #BC6040 #5EBC40 #409CBC

split-complementary

#9E40BC #9CBC40 #40BC60

monochromatic

#512161 #78308E #9E40BC #B66CCD #CC9ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#9E40BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#9E40BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40BC

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40BC	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)

#0A65C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9D5779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.198 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7cd1',
    500: '#9e40bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40bc;
$custom-light: #be7cd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55106,
    "c": 0.19765,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.14567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40BC

secondary

#9DC98F

accent

#D94F70

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF9

border

#D1C9D2

text

#120A14

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40BC

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

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