#9940D5#9940D5

#9940D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.220 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9940D5
RGB	rgb(153, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.2%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.97, 61.50, -61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.97, 86.69, 315.19°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.136 -0.1732)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.22 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9780, 15.2436, 64.4590)
Luminance	0.1524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9940D5 #7CD540

analogous

#4F40D5 #9940D5 #D540C6

triadic

#9940D5 #D59940 #40D599

tetradic

#9940D5 #D54F40 #7CD540 #40C6D5

square

#9940D5 #D54F40 #7CD540 #40C6D5

split-complementary

#9940D5 #C6D540 #40D54F

monochromatic

#571C7F #7927B1 #9940D5 #B472E0 #CFA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.19

#9940D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#9940D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9940D5

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9940D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9940D5	1.00	5.19	4.05	5.19
#FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#196ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9940d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.220 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7ce3',
    500: '#9940d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9940d5;
$custom-light: #bc7ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9940d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.839,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56142,
    "c": 0.22019,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9940D5

secondary

#B2D899

accent

#E74184

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#120A15

muted

#817C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9940D5

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

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