#9A40D9#9A40D9

#9A40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.224 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A40D9
RGB	rgb(154, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.37, 62.57, -62.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.37, 88.59, 314.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1367 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.224 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6816, 15.5469, 67.1748)
Luminance	0.1555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A40D9 #7FD940

analogous

#4D40D9 #9A40D9 #D940CC

triadic

#9A40D9 #D99A40 #40D99A

tetradic

#9A40D9 #D94D40 #7FD940 #40CCD9

square

#9A40D9 #D94D40 #7FD940 #40CCD9

split-complementary

#9A40D9 #CCD940 #40D94D

monochromatic

#591A84 #7B24B7 #9A40D9 #B573E3 #D0A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#9A40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#9A40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A40D9

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A40D9	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F6FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.224 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ce6',
    500: '#9a40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a40d9;
$custom-light: #bd7ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56548,
    "c": 0.22438,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A40D9

secondary

#B5DA9A

accent

#EA3E85

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A40D9

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

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