#9E40C2#9E40C2

#9E40C2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.148; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.203 H 315.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40C2
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 194)
HSL	hsl(283, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(283, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.6%, 67%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.40, 58.53, -51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.40, 77.63, 318.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.1442 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.203 315.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6700, 14.8318, 52.5391)
Luminance	0.1483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40C2 #64C240

analogous

#5D40C2 #9E40C2 #C240A5

triadic

#9E40C2 #C29E40 #40C29E

tetradic

#9E40C2 #C25D40 #64C240 #40A5C2

square

#9E40C2 #C25D40 #64C240 #40A5C2

split-complementary

#9E40C2 #A5C240 #40C25D

monochromatic

#532167 #793095 #9E40C2 #B66ED1 #CD9DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.29

#9E40C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.97

#9E40C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40C2

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40C2	1.00	5.29	3.97	5.29
#FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D6EBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B597C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.203 315.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7cd5',
    500: '#9e40c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40c2;
$custom-light: #be7cd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.385,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55487,
    "c": 0.20336,
    "h": 315.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40C2

secondary

#A2CC92

accent

#DB4D74

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A14

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40C2

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

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