#9040D5#9040D5

#9040D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.218 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9040D5
RGB	rgb(144, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.80, 59.74, -63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.80, 86.85, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% 0.1241 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.218 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3425, 14.4003, 64.3823)
Luminance	0.1440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9040D5 #85D540

analogous

#4640D5 #9040D5 #D540CF

triadic

#9040D5 #D59040 #40D590

tetradic

#9040D5 #D54640 #85D540 #40CFD5

square

#9040D5 #D54640 #85D540 #40CFD5

split-complementary

#9040D5 #CFD540 #40D546

monochromatic

#511C7F #7127B1 #9040D5 #AD72E0 #CAA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.41

#9040D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.88

#9040D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9040D5

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9040D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9040D5	1.00	5.41	3.88	5.41
#FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006AD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#836386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9040d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.218 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b67be3',
    500: '#9040d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9040d5;
$custom-light: #b67be3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9040d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.215,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55064,
    "c": 0.21795,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9040D5

secondary

#B6D899

accent

#E7418E

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F6EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9040D5

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

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