#9F40C7#9F40C7

#9F40C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.208 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40C7
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(282, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(282, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.1%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 59.77, -53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 80.00, 318.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.1451 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.209 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4385, 15.1621, 55.5556)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40C7 #68C740

analogous

#5C40C7 #9F40C7 #C740AC

triadic

#9F40C7 #C79F40 #40C79F

tetradic

#9F40C7 #C75C40 #68C740 #40ACC7

square

#9F40C7 #C75C40 #68C740 #40ACC7

split-complementary

#9F40C7 #ACC740 #40C75C

monochromatic

#56206D #7B2E9C #9F40C7 #B76FD5 #CF9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#9F40C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#9F40C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40C7

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40C7	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396FC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.208 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7cd9',
    500: '#9f40c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40c7;
$custom-light: #bf7cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.222,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5594,
    "c": 0.2085,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40C7

secondary

#A5CF94

accent

#DE4A76

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFA

border

#D1C9D3

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40C7

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

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