#9840E3#9840E3

#9840E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.234 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9840E3
RGB	rgb(152, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(33%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 64.42, -67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 93.44, 313.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1325 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.234 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6443, 15.8884, 74.2159)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9840E3 #8BE340

analogous

#4740E3 #9840E3 #E340DC

triadic

#9840E3 #E39840 #40E398

tetradic

#9840E3 #E34740 #8BE340 #40DCE3

square

#9840E3 #E34740 #8BE340 #40DCE3

split-complementary

#9840E3 #DCE340 #40E347

monochromatic

#591693 #7A1DC8 #9840E3 #B575EB #D2ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#9840E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#9840E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9840E3

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9840E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9840E3	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9840e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.234 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7ced',
    500: '#9840e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9840e3;
$custom-light: #bc7ced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9840e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.393,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57039,
    "c": 0.23375,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9840E3

secondary

#BDE19E

accent

#F1378C

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9840E3

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

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