#9840FF#9840FF

#9840FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.261 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9840FF
RGB	rgb(152, 64, 255)
HSL	hsl(268, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(268, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.4%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 70.81, -79.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 106.79, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% 0.1265 -0.2286)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.261 299)
XYZ	xyz(32.8277, 17.5617, 96.2486)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9840FF #A7FF40

analogous

#4047FF #9840FF #F840FF

triadic

#9840FF #FF9840 #40FF98

tetradic

#9840FF #FF4047 #A7FF40 #40FFF8

square

#9840FF #FF4047 #A7FF40 #40FFF8

split-complementary

#9840FF #FFF840 #47FF40

monochromatic

#5B00C5 #7703FF #9840FF #B97DFF #DABAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#9840FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#9840FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9840FF

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9840FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9840FF	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0074FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F739E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9840ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 64, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.261 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7eff',
    500: '#9840ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9840ff;
$custom-light: #be7eff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9840ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.644,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59205,
    "c": 0.26128,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9840FF

secondary

#D0F0AB

accent

#E6007C

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F8EFFF

border

#D1CAD7

text

#130A18

muted

#827C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #9840FF

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

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