#9A40DB#9A40DB

#9A40DB is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.226 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A40DB
RGB	rgb(154, 64, 219)
HSL	hsl(275, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 70.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 63.01, -63.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 89.55, 314.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1364 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.226 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9433, 15.6516, 68.5531)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A40DB #81DB40

analogous

#4C40DB #9A40DB #DB40CE

triadic

#9A40DB #DB9A40 #40DB9A

tetradic

#9A40DB #DB4C40 #81DB40 #40CEDB

square

#9A40DB #DB4C40 #81DB40 #40CEDB

split-complementary

#9A40DB #CEDB40 #40DB4C

monochromatic

#591987 #7B23BB #9A40DB #B573E5 #D0A7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#9A40DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#9A40DB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9A40DB

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A40DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9A40DB	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#046FD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a40db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 64, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.226 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ce7',
    500: '#9a40db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a40db;
$custom-light: #bd7ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a40db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.839,
    "s": 68.282,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56692,
    "c": 0.22634,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A40DB

secondary

#B6DC9B

accent

#EB3D86

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A40DB

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

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