#9A40D7#9A40D7

#9A40D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.222 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A40D7
RGB	rgb(154, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.24, 62.13, -61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.24, 87.63, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.137 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.222 308)
XYZ	xyz(27.4230, 15.4435, 65.8131)
Luminance	0.1544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A40D7 #7DD740

analogous

#4F40D7 #9A40D7 #D740C8

triadic

#9A40D7 #D79A40 #40D79A

tetradic

#9A40D7 #D74F40 #7DD740 #40C8D7

square

#9A40D7 #D74F40 #7DD740 #40C8D7

split-complementary

#9A40D7 #C8D740 #40D74F

monochromatic

#581B81 #7B26B4 #9A40D7 #B573E2 #D0A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#9A40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.09

#9A40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A40D7

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A40D7	1.00	5.14	4.09	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#166ED4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.222 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ce4',
    500: '#9a40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a40d7;
$custom-light: #bd7ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.762,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56406,
    "c": 0.22243,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.15443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A40D7

secondary

#B3D99A

accent

#E83F84

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A40D7

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

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