#9940D9#9940D9

#9940D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.224 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9940D9
RGB	rgb(153, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 62.38, -62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 88.61, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.1354 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.224 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4920, 15.4492, 67.1659)
Luminance	0.1545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9940D9 #80D940

analogous

#4D40D9 #9940D9 #D940CC

triadic

#9940D9 #D99940 #40D999

tetradic

#9940D9 #D94D40 #80D940 #40CCD9

square

#9940D9 #D94D40 #80D940 #40CCD9

split-complementary

#9940D9 #CCD940 #40D94D

monochromatic

#581A84 #7A24B7 #9940D9 #B473E3 #D0A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#9940D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#9940D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9940D9

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9940D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9940D9	1.00	5.13	4.09	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A6ED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9940d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.224 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7ce6',
    500: '#9940d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9940d9;
$custom-light: #bc7ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9940d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.902,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56427,
    "c": 0.22412,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9940D9

secondary

#B5DA9A

accent

#EA3E86

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9940D9

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

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