#9540D8#9540D8

#9540D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.222 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9540D8
RGB	rgb(149, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.65, 61.38, -63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.65, 88.21, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.88% 0.1303 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(55.88% 0.222 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6198, 15.0144, 66.4481)
Luminance	0.1501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9540D8 #83D840

analogous

#4940D8 #9540D8 #D840CF

triadic

#9540D8 #D89540 #40D895

tetradic

#9540D8 #D84940 #83D840 #40CFD8

square

#9540D8 #D84940 #83D840 #40CFD8

split-complementary

#9540D8 #CFD840 #40D849

monochromatic

#551B83 #7625B6 #9540D8 #B173E2 #CDA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.25

#9540D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.00

#9540D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9540D8

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9540D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9540D8	1.00	5.25	4.00	5.25
#FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9540d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.222 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b97ce5',
    500: '#9540d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9540d8;
$custom-light: #b97ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9540d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.553,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55875,
    "c": 0.22214,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9540D8

secondary

#B6DA9A

accent

#E93F8A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9540D8

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

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