#9040C6#9040C6

#9040C6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.203 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9040C6
RGB	rgb(144, 64, 198)
HSL	hsl(276, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(276, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.76, 56.34, -56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.76, 79.49, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(53.99% 0.126 -0.1587)
OKLCH	oklch(53.99% 0.203 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5260, 13.6737, 54.8151)
Luminance	0.1367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9040C6 #76C640

analogous

#4D40C6 #9040C6 #C640B9

triadic

#9040C6 #C69040 #40C690

tetradic

#9040C6 #C64D40 #76C640 #40B9C6

square

#9040C6 #C64D40 #76C640 #40B9C6

split-complementary

#9040C6 #B9C640 #40C64D

monochromatic

#4D206C #6F2E9B #9040C6 #AB6FD4 #C79EE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.62

#9040C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#9040C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9040C6

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9040C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9040C6	1.00	5.62	3.73	5.62
#FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0064CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2468C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#885D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9040c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 64, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.203 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b57bd8',
    500: '#9040c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9040c6;
$custom-light: #b57bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9040c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.821,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53992,
    "c": 0.20263,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9040C6

secondary

#ABCE93

accent

#DD4A86

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F6EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9040C6

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

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