#9B40D9#9B40D9

#9B40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.225 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B40D9
RGB	rgb(155, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.51, 62.77, -62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.51, 88.58, 315.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% 0.138 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.225 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8727, 15.6455, 67.1837)
Luminance	0.1565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B40D9 #7ED940

analogous

#4E40D9 #9B40D9 #D940CB

triadic

#9B40D9 #D99B40 #40D99B

tetradic

#9B40D9 #D94E40 #7ED940 #40CBD9

square

#9B40D9 #D94E40 #7ED940 #40CBD9

split-complementary

#9B40D9 #CBD940 #40D94E

monochromatic

#591A84 #7C24B7 #9B40D9 #B673E3 #D0A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#9B40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#9B40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B40D9

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B40D9	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#136FD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.225 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd7ce6',
    500: '#9b40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b40d9;
$custom-light: #bd7ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.686,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5667,
    "c": 0.22465,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B40D9

secondary

#B4DA9A

accent

#EA3E84

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B40D9

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

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