#9740D8#9740D8

#9740D8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.223 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9740D8
RGB	rgb(151, 64, 216)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.1%, 70.4%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 61.77, -62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 88.17, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.1329 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.223 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9879, 15.2043, 66.4654)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9740D8 #81D840

analogous

#4B40D8 #9740D8 #D840CD

triadic

#9740D8 #D89740 #40D897

tetradic

#9740D8 #D84B40 #81D840 #40CDD8

square

#9740D8 #D84B40 #81D840 #40CDD8

split-complementary

#9740D8 #CDD840 #40D84B

monochromatic

#561B83 #7825B6 #9740D8 #B373E2 #CEA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#9740D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#9740D8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9740D8

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9740D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9740D8	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#046DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9740d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 64, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.223 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb7ce5',
    500: '#9740d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9740d8;
$custom-light: #bb7ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9740d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.342,
    "s": 66.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56114,
    "c": 0.22263,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9740D8

secondary

#B5DA9A

accent

#E93F88

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9740D8

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

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