#9C40D4#9C40D4

#9C40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.220 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C40D4
RGB	rgb(156, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(277, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.30, 61.88, -59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.30, 86.17, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.14 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.22 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4250, 15.4887, 63.8195)
Luminance	0.1549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C40D4 #78D440

analogous

#5240D4 #9C40D4 #D440C2

triadic

#9C40D4 #D49C40 #40D49C

tetradic

#9C40D4 #D45240 #78D440 #40C2D4

square

#9C40D4 #D45240 #78D440 #40C2D4

split-complementary

#9C40D4 #C2D440 #40D452

monochromatic

#591C7D #7C27AF #9C40D4 #B672DF #D0A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#9C40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#9C40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C40D4

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C40D4	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#226FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.220 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ce2',
    500: '#9c40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c40d4;
$custom-light: #be7ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5644,
    "c": 0.22006,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C40D4

secondary

#B0D798

accent

#E64280

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C40D4

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

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