#9840D6#9840D6

#9840D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.221 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9840D6
RGB	rgb(152, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(275, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.90, 61.52, -61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.90, 87.18, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.1345 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.221 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9173, 15.1976, 65.1207)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9840D6 #7ED640

analogous

#4D40D6 #9840D6 #D640C9

triadic

#9840D6 #D69840 #40D698

tetradic

#9840D6 #D64D40 #7ED640 #40C9D6

square

#9840D6 #D64D40 #7ED640 #40C9D6

split-complementary

#9840D6 #C9D640 #40D64D

monochromatic

#571B80 #7926B2 #9840D6 #B372E1 #CEA5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#9840D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#9840D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9840D6

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9840D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9840D6	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)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#126DD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9840d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.221 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb7ce3',
    500: '#9840d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9840d6;
$custom-light: #bb7ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9840d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.2,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56092,
    "c": 0.22091,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9840D6

secondary

#B3D999

accent

#E84085

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9840D6

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

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