#9540C8#9540C8

#9540C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.206 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9540C8
RGB	rgb(149, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(278, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(278, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.56, 57.84, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.56, 80.45, 315.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.1323 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.206 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6511, 14.2270, 56.0799)
Luminance	0.1423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9540C8 #73C840

analogous

#5140C8 #9540C8 #C840B7

triadic

#9540C8 #C89540 #40C895

tetradic

#9540C8 #C85140 #73C840 #40B7C8

square

#9540C8 #C85140 #73C840 #40B7C8

split-complementary

#9540C8 #B7C840 #40C851

monochromatic

#51206E #732D9D #9540C8 #AF70D6 #CA9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#9540C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#9540C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9540C8

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9540C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9540C8	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A6BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E5D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9540c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.206 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b87bd9',
    500: '#9540c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9540c8;
$custom-light: #b87bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9540c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54745,
    "c": 0.20614,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9540C8

secondary

#AAD094

accent

#DF4981

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9540C8

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

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