#9840D9#9840D9

#9840D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.224 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9840D9
RGB	rgb(152, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.11, 62.18, -63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.11, 88.63, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1341 -0.1793)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.224 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3040, 15.3523, 67.1571)
Luminance	0.1535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9840D9 #81D940

analogous

#4C40D9 #9840D9 #D940CD

triadic

#9840D9 #D99840 #40D998

tetradic

#9840D9 #D94C40 #81D940 #40CDD9

square

#9840D9 #D94C40 #81D940 #40CDD9

split-complementary

#9840D9 #CDD940 #40D94C

monochromatic

#571A84 #7924B7 #9840D9 #B473E3 #CFA6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#9840D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#9840D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9840D9

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9840D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9840D9	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#046ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9840d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.224 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb7ce6',
    500: '#9840d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9840d9;
$custom-light: #bb7ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9840d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.51,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56307,
    "c": 0.22387,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9840D9

secondary

#B6DA9A

accent

#EA3E87

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#120A16

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9840D9

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

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