#9840C7#9840C7

#9840C7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.206 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9840C7
RGB	rgb(152, 64, 199)
HSL	hsl(279, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 58.26, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 79.96, 316.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.1363 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.206 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0892, 14.4663, 55.4924)
Luminance	0.1447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9840C7 #6FC740

analogous

#5540C7 #9840C7 #C740B3

triadic

#9840C7 #C79840 #40C798

tetradic

#9840C7 #C75540 #6FC740 #40B3C7

square

#9840C7 #C75540 #6FC740 #40B3C7

split-complementary

#9840C7 #B3C740 #40C755

monochromatic

#52206D #762E9C #9840C7 #B26FD5 #CB9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.39

#9840C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#9840C7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9840C7

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9840C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9840C7	1.00	5.39	3.89	5.39
#FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#306CC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#925C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9840c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 64, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.206 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba7bd9',
    500: '#9840c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9840c7;
$custom-light: #ba7bd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9840c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.111,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55051,
    "c": 0.20609,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9840C7

secondary

#A8CF94

accent

#DE4A7D

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFA

border

#D0C9D3

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9840C7

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

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