#9B40D2#9B40D2

#9B40D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.218 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B40D2
RGB	rgb(155, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.03, 61.25, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.03, 85.23, 315.94°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% 0.139 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.218 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9815, 15.2890, 62.4900)
Luminance	0.1529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B40D2 #77D240

analogous

#5240D2 #9B40D2 #D240C0

triadic

#9B40D2 #D29B40 #40D29B

tetradic

#9B40D2 #D25240 #77D240 #40C0D2

square

#9B40D2 #D25240 #77D240 #40C0D2

split-complementary

#9B40D2 #C0D240 #40D252

monochromatic

#571D7B #7B29AC #9B40D2 #B572DE #CFA3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#9B40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#9B40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B40D2

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B40D2	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246ECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.218 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ce1',
    500: '#9b40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b40d2;
$custom-light: #bd7ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.397,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56178,
    "c": 0.21781,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B40D2

secondary

#AFD698

accent

#E54380

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B40D2

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

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