#9840C9#9840C9

#9840C9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.208 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9840C9
RGB	rgb(152, 64, 201)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(279, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 68.2%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 58.69, -55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 80.92, 316.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.19% 0.1361 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(55.19% 0.208 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3229, 14.5598, 56.7234)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9840C9 #71C940

analogous

#5440C9 #9840C9 #C940B6

triadic

#9840C9 #C99840 #40C998

tetradic

#9840C9 #C95440 #71C940 #40B6C9

square

#9840C9 #C95440 #71C940 #40B6C9

split-complementary

#9840C9 #B6C940 #40C954

monochromatic

#531F6F #762D9F #9840C9 #B270D6 #CB9FE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#9840C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#9840C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9840C9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9840C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9840C9	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0066CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#925D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9840c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 64, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.208 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba7bda',
    500: '#9840c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9840c9;
$custom-light: #ba7bda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9840c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.54,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55186,
    "c": 0.20806,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9840C9

secondary

#AAD094

accent

#DF497E

background

#FBF7FD

surface

#F7EEFB

border

#D0C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9840C9

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

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