#9F40CA#9F40CA

#9F40CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.211 H 313.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40CA
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 202)
HSL	hsl(281, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(281, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.3%, 68.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.05, 60.39, -54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.05, 81.41, 317.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.1449 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.211 313.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7903, 15.3028, 57.4082)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40CA #6BCA40

analogous

#5A40CA #9F40CA #CA40B0

triadic

#9F40CA #CA9F40 #40CA9F

tetradic

#9F40CA #CA5A40 #6BCA40 #40B0CA

square

#9F40CA #CA5A40 #6BCA40 #40B0CA

split-complementary

#9F40CA #B0CA40 #40CA5A

monochromatic

#571F70 #7C2CA0 #9F40CA #B770D7 #CFA0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#9F40CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#9F40CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40CA

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40CA	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#366FC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B5C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.211 313.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7cdb',
    500: '#9f40ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40ca;
$custom-light: #bf7cdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.304,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56138,
    "c": 0.21137,
    "h": 313.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40CA

secondary

#A8D195

accent

#E04877

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40CA

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

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