#9A40D5#9A40D5

#9A40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.220 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A40D5
RGB	rgb(154, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.7%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.10, 61.70, -60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.10, 86.67, 315.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.26% 0.1373 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(56.26% 0.22 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1676, 15.3414, 64.4679)
Luminance	0.1534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A40D5 #7BD540

analogous

#5040D5 #9A40D5 #D540C5

triadic

#9A40D5 #D59A40 #40D59A

tetradic

#9A40D5 #D55040 #7BD540 #40C5D5

square

#9A40D5 #D55040 #7BD540 #40C5D5

split-complementary

#9A40D5 #C5D540 #40D550

monochromatic

#581C7F #7A27B1 #9A40D5 #B572E0 #CFA4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#9A40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#9A40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A40D5

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A40D5	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B6ED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.220 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ce3',
    500: '#9a40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a40d5;
$custom-light: #bd7ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.242,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56264,
    "c": 0.22047,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A40D5

secondary

#B2D899

accent

#E74183

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A40D5

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

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