#9F40B2#9F40B2

#9F40B2 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.189 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40B2
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 178)
HSL	hsl(290, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(290, 64%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 64%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.59, 55.58, -42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.59, 70.23, 322.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.1458 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.189 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1664, 14.2532, 43.5891)
Luminance	0.1425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40B2 #53B240

analogous

#6640B2 #9F40B2 #B2408C

triadic

#9F40B2 #B29F40 #40B29F

tetradic

#9F40B2 #B26640 #53B240 #408CB2

square

#9F40B2 #B26640 #53B240 #408CB2

split-complementary

#9F40B2 #8CB240 #40B266

monochromatic

#4F2058 #773085 #9F40B2 #B867C8 #CD94D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#9F40B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#9F40B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40B2

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40B2	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2163B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A05373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.189 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7bc9',
    500: '#9f40b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40b2;
$custom-light: #be7bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 47.107,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54627,
    "c": 0.1887,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40B2

secondary

#94C48A

accent

#D75167

background

#FCF7FC

surface

#F8EEF8

border

#D1C9D1

text

#120A13

muted

#817C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40B2

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

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