#9540D6#9540D6

#9540D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.220 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9540D6
RGB	rgb(149, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.51, 60.94, -62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.51, 87.24, 314.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.73% 0.1306 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(55.73% 0.22 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3628, 14.9117, 65.0947)
Luminance	0.1491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9540D6 #81D640

analogous

#4A40D6 #9540D6 #D640CC

triadic

#9540D6 #D69540 #40D695

tetradic

#9540D6 #D64A40 #81D640 #40CCD6

square

#9540D6 #D64A40 #81D640 #40CCD6

split-complementary

#9540D6 #CCD640 #40D64A

monochromatic

#551B80 #7626B2 #9540D6 #B172E1 #CDA5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.27

#9540D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#9540D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9540D6

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9540D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9540D6	1.00	5.27	3.98	5.27
#FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#046CD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9540d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.220 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b97ce3',
    500: '#9540d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9540d6;
$custom-light: #b97ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9540d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5573,
    "c": 0.22014,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9540D6

secondary

#B5D999

accent

#E84089

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9540D6

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

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