#9B40D4#9B40D4

#9B40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.220 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B40D4
RGB	rgb(155, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.9%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.16, 61.68, -60.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.16, 86.18, 315.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% 0.1387 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.22 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2322, 15.3893, 63.8104)
Luminance	0.1539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B40D4 #79D440

analogous

#5140D4 #9B40D4 #D440C3

triadic

#9B40D4 #D49B40 #40D49B

tetradic

#9B40D4 #D45140 #79D440 #40C3D4

square

#9B40D4 #D45140 #79D440 #40C3D4

split-complementary

#9B40D4 #C3D440 #40D451

monochromatic

#581C7D #7B27AF #9B40D4 #B572DF #CFA4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#9B40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#9B40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B40D4

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B40D4	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#206FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.220 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ce2',
    500: '#9b40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b40d4;
$custom-light: #bd7ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.892,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56317,
    "c": 0.21977,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B40D4

secondary

#B1D798

accent

#E64281

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B40D4

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

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