#9740D7#9740D7

#9740D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.222 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9740D7
RGB	rgb(151, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.8%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.84, 61.55, -62.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.84, 87.68, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.04% 0.1331 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(56.04% 0.222 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8590, 15.1527, 65.7866)
Luminance	0.1515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9740D7 #80D740

analogous

#4C40D7 #9740D7 #D740CB

triadic

#9740D7 #D79740 #40D797

tetradic

#9740D7 #D74C40 #80D740 #40CBD7

square

#9740D7 #D74C40 #80D740 #40CBD7

split-complementary

#9740D7 #CBD740 #40D74C

monochromatic

#561B81 #7826B4 #9740D7 #B373E2 #CEA5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#9740D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#9740D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9740D7

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9740D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9740D7	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A6DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9740d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.222 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb7ce4',
    500: '#9740d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9740d7;
$custom-light: #bb7ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9740d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.57,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56043,
    "c": 0.22163,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9740D7

secondary

#B5D99A

accent

#E83F87

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9740D7

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

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