#9C40E3#9C40E3

#9C40E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.235 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C40E3
RGB	rgb(156, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 65.15, -66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 93.33, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% 0.1378 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.235 306)
XYZ	xyz(29.4058, 16.2810, 74.2516)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C40E3 #87E340

analogous

#4B40E3 #9C40E3 #E340D9

triadic

#9C40E3 #E39C40 #40E39C

tetradic

#9C40E3 #E34B40 #87E340 #40D9E3

square

#9C40E3 #E34B40 #87E340 #40D9E3

split-complementary

#9C40E3 #D9E340 #40E34B

monochromatic

#5C1693 #7E1DC8 #9C40E3 #B875EB #D3ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#9C40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#9C40E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9C40E3

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9C40E3	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.235 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ded',
    500: '#9c40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c40e3;
$custom-light: #bf7ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.865,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57512,
    "c": 0.23465,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.16281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C40E3

secondary

#BBE19E

accent

#F13788

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C40E3

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

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