#9C40DE#9C40DE

#9C40DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.230 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C40DE
RGB	rgb(156, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 64.05, -64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 90.95, 314.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.1386 -0.1833)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.23 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7257, 16.0090, 70.6698)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C40DE #82DE40

analogous

#4D40DE #9C40DE #DE40D1

triadic

#9C40DE #DE9C40 #40DE9C

tetradic

#9C40DE #DE4D40 #82DE40 #40D1DE

square

#9C40DE #DE4D40 #82DE40 #40D1DE

split-complementary

#9C40DE #D1DE40 #40DE4D

monochromatic

#5B188B #7D21C0 #9C40DE #B774E7 #D2A8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#9C40DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#9C40DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C40DE

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C40DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C40DE	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c40de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.230 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7de9',
    500: '#9c40de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c40de;
$custom-light: #be7de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c40de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.937,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57149,
    "c": 0.22979,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C40DE

secondary

#B8DE9C

accent

#ED3A85

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C40DE

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

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