#9E40C7#9E40C7

#9E40C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.208 H 313.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40C7
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.72, 59.56, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.72, 79.99, 318.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% 0.1439 -0.1504)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.208 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2410, 15.0602, 55.5464)
Luminance	0.1506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40C7 #69C740

analogous

#5B40C7 #9E40C7 #C740AD

triadic

#9E40C7 #C79E40 #40C79E

tetradic

#9E40C7 #C75B40 #69C740 #40ADC7

square

#9E40C7 #C75B40 #69C740 #40ADC7

split-complementary

#9E40C7 #ADC740 #40C75B

monochromatic

#55206D #7B2E9C #9E40C7 #B66FD5 #CE9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#9E40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#9E40C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40C7

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40C7	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#386EC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A5B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.208 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7cd9',
    500: '#9e40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40c7;
$custom-light: #be7cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.778,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55812,
    "c": 0.20815,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40C7

secondary

#A6CF94

accent

#DE4A77

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40C7

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

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