#9B40E3#9B40E3

#9B40E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.234 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B40E3
RGB	rgb(155, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(273, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 64.96, -67.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 93.36, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1364 -0.1906)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.234 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2130, 16.1816, 74.2425)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B40E3 #88E340

analogous

#4A40E3 #9B40E3 #E340D9

triadic

#9B40E3 #E39B40 #40E39B

tetradic

#9B40E3 #E34A40 #88E340 #40D9E3

square

#9B40E3 #E34A40 #88E340 #40D9E3

split-complementary

#9B40E3 #D9E340 #40E34A

monochromatic

#5C1693 #7D1DC8 #9B40E3 #B775EB #D3ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#9B40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#9B40E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9B40E3

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9B40E3	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.234 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ded',
    500: '#9b40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b40e3;
$custom-light: #be7ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.497,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57393,
    "c": 0.23442,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B40E3

secondary

#BCE19E

accent

#F13789

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B40E3

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

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