#9740D9#9740D9

#9740D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.224 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9740D9
RGB	rgb(151, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 61.99, -63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 88.65, 314.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.19% 0.1328 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(56.19% 0.224 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1176, 15.2561, 67.1483)
Luminance	0.1526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9740D9 #82D940

analogous

#4B40D9 #9740D9 #D940CE

triadic

#9740D9 #D99740 #40D997

tetradic

#9740D9 #D94B40 #82D940 #40CED9

square

#9740D9 #D94B40 #82D940 #40CED9

split-complementary

#9740D9 #CED940 #40D94B

monochromatic

#571A84 #7824B7 #9740D9 #B373E3 #CFA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#9740D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#9740D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9740D9

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9740D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9740D9	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9740d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(151, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.224 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb7ce6',
    500: '#9740d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9740d9;
$custom-light: #bb7ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9740d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 151,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56187,
    "c": 0.22363,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9740D9

secondary

#B6DA9A

accent

#EA3E88

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9740D9

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

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