#9C40D9#9C40D9

#9C40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.225 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C40D9
RGB	rgb(156, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.64, 62.96, -62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.64, 88.56, 315.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% 0.1393 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.225 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0655, 15.7449, 67.1928)
Luminance	0.1574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C40D9 #7DD940

analogous

#4F40D9 #9C40D9 #D940CA

triadic

#9C40D9 #D99C40 #40D99C

tetradic

#9C40D9 #D94F40 #7DD940 #40CAD9

square

#9C40D9 #D94F40 #7DD940 #40CAD9

split-complementary

#9C40D9 #CAD940 #40D94F

monochromatic

#5A1A84 #7D24B7 #9C40D9 #B673E3 #D1A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.06

#9C40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.15

#9C40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C40D9

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C40D9	1.00	5.06	4.15	5.06
#FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1670D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.225 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ce6',
    500: '#9c40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c40d9;
$custom-light: #be7ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.078,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56792,
    "c": 0.22491,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C40D9

secondary

#B4DA9A

accent

#EA3E83

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C40D9

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

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