#9C40D5#9C40D5

#9C40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.221 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C40D5
RGB	rgb(156, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.36, 62.10, -60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.36, 86.65, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.51% 0.1399 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(56.51% 0.221 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5515, 15.5393, 64.4859)
Luminance	0.1554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C40D5 #79D540

analogous

#5240D5 #9C40D5 #D540C3

triadic

#9C40D5 #D59C40 #40D59C

tetradic

#9C40D5 #D55240 #79D540 #40C3D5

square

#9C40D5 #D55240 #79D540 #40C3D5

split-complementary

#9C40D5 #C3D540 #40D552

monochromatic

#591C7F #7C27B1 #9C40D5 #B672E0 #D0A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.11

#9C40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.11

#9C40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C40D5

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C40D5	1.00	5.11	4.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#206FD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.221 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ce3',
    500: '#9c40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c40d5;
$custom-light: #be7ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.047,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5651,
    "c": 0.22103,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C40D5

secondary

#B1D899

accent

#E74180

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C40D5

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

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