#9E40BE#9E40BE

#9E40BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.200 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40BE
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 190)
HSL	hsl(285, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(285, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 66.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.16, 57.72, -49.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.16, 75.75, 319.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1444 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.2 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2268, 14.6546, 50.2050)
Luminance	0.1465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40BE #60BE40

analogous

#5F40BE #9E40BE #BE409F

triadic

#9E40BE #BE9E40 #40BE9E

tetradic

#9E40BE #BE5F40 #60BE40 #409FBE

square

#9E40BE #BE5F40 #60BE40 #409FBE

split-complementary

#9E40BE #9FBE40 #40BE5F

monochromatic

#522162 #783190 #9E40BE #B56DCE #CD9BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.34

#9E40BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.93

#9E40BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40BE

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40BE	1.00	5.34	3.93	5.34
#FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0265C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C587A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.200 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7cd2',
    500: '#9e40be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40be;
$custom-light: #be7cd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.762,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55232,
    "c": 0.19955,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40BE

secondary

#9FC990

accent

#D94F72

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40BE

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

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