#9C40D6#9C40D6

#9C40D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.222 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C40D6
RGB	rgb(156, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 62.31, -60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 87.13, 315.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.58% 0.1397 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(56.58% 0.222 309)
XYZ	xyz(27.6788, 15.5902, 65.1564)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C40D6 #7AD640

analogous

#5140D6 #9C40D6 #D640C5

triadic

#9C40D6 #D69C40 #40D69C

tetradic

#9C40D6 #D65140 #7AD640 #40C5D6

square

#9C40D6 #D65140 #7AD640 #40C5D6

split-complementary

#9C40D6 #C5D640 #40D651

monochromatic

#591B80 #7C26B2 #9C40D6 #B672E1 #D0A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#9C40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#9C40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C40D6

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C40D6	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ADA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E6FD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.222 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ce3',
    500: '#9c40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c40d6;
$custom-light: #be7ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.8,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5658,
    "c": 0.222,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.1559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C40D6

secondary

#B2D999

accent

#E84081

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C40D6

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

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