#9040E5#9040E5

#9040E5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.234 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9040E5
RGB	rgb(144, 64, 229)
HSL	hsl(269, 76%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 72.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 63.45, -70.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 94.66, 312.09°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.1213 -0.2004)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.234 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4744, 15.2531, 75.6102)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9040E5 #95E540

analogous

#4042E5 #9040E5 #E340E5

triadic

#9040E5 #E59040 #40E590

tetradic

#9040E5 #E54042 #95E540 #40E5E3

square

#9040E5 #E54042 #95E540 #40E5E3

split-complementary

#9040E5 #E5E340 #42E540

monochromatic

#531496 #711CCC #9040E5 #AF76EC #CFACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#9040E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#9040E5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9040E5

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9040E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9040E5	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D698F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9040e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(144, 64, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.234 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b77cee',
    500: '#9040e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9040e5;
$custom-light: #b77cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9040e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 144,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 76.037,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56268,
    "c": 0.23423,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9040E5

secondary

#C1E29F

accent

#F33597

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFD

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A17

muted

#817C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9040E5

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

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