#9C40D7#9C40D7

#9C40D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.223 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C40D7
RGB	rgb(156, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 62.53, -61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 87.60, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.1396 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.223 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8069, 15.6415, 65.8310)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C40D7 #7BD740

analogous

#5040D7 #9C40D7 #D740C7

triadic

#9C40D7 #D79C40 #40D79C

tetradic

#9C40D7 #D75040 #7BD740 #40C7D7

square

#9C40D7 #D75040 #7BD740 #40C7D7

split-complementary

#9C40D7 #C7D740 #40D750

monochromatic

#591B81 #7C26B4 #9C40D7 #B673E2 #D0A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#9C40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#9C40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C40D7

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C40D7	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)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C6FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#936287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.223 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ce4',
    500: '#9c40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c40d7;
$custom-light: #be7ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.556,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5665,
    "c": 0.22298,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C40D7

secondary

#B2D99A

accent

#E83F81

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C40D7

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

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