#9A40C8#9A40C8

#9A40C8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.208 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A40C8
RGB	rgb(154, 64, 200)
HSL	hsl(280, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(280, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(23%, 68%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.23, 58.90, -54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.23, 80.44, 317.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% 0.1387 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.208 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5832, 14.7076, 56.1236)
Luminance	0.1471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A40C8 #6EC840

analogous

#5640C8 #9A40C8 #C840B2

triadic

#9A40C8 #C89A40 #40C89A

tetradic

#9A40C8 #C85640 #6EC840 #40B2C8

square

#9A40C8 #C85640 #6EC840 #40B2C8

split-complementary

#9A40C8 #B2C840 #40C856

monochromatic

#53206E #782D9D #9A40C8 #B370D6 #CC9FE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.33

#9A40C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#9A40C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A40C8

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A40C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A40C8	1.00	5.33	3.94	5.33
#FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316DC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#955C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a40c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 64, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.208 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc7cd9',
    500: '#9a40c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a40c8;
$custom-light: #bc7cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a40c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.706,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5537,
    "c": 0.20773,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A40C8

secondary

#A8D094

accent

#DF497C

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#120A15

muted

#817C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A40C8

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

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