#9540D9#9540D9

#9540D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.223 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9540D9
RGB	rgb(149, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.72, 61.61, -63.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.72, 88.69, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.1301 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.223 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7494, 15.0663, 67.1311)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9540D9 #84D940

analogous

#4840D9 #9540D9 #D940D1

triadic

#9540D9 #D99540 #40D995

tetradic

#9540D9 #D94840 #84D940 #40D1D9

square

#9540D9 #D94840 #84D940 #40D1D9

split-complementary

#9540D9 #D1D940 #40D948

monochromatic

#551A84 #7624B7 #9540D9 #B173E3 #CEA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#9540D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#9540D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9540D9

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9540D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9540D9	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#896488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9540d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.223 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b97ce6',
    500: '#9540d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9540d9;
$custom-light: #b97ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9540d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55948,
    "c": 0.22314,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9540D9

secondary

#B7DA9A

accent

#EA3E8A

background

#FBF7FE

surface

#F7EEFC

border

#D0C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9540D9

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

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