#9D40D4#9D40D4

#9D40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.220 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40D4
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 62.08, -59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 86.16, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.56% 0.1413 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(56.56% 0.22 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6194, 15.5889, 63.8286)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40D4 #77D440

analogous

#5340D4 #9D40D4 #D440C1

triadic

#9D40D4 #D49D40 #40D49D

tetradic

#9D40D4 #D45340 #77D440 #40C1D4

square

#9D40D4 #D45340 #77D440 #40C1D4

split-complementary

#9D40D4 #C1D440 #40D453

monochromatic

#591C7D #7D27AF #9D40D4 #B772DF #D0A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#9D40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#9D40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40D4

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40D4	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)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#246FD1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.220 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#be7ce2',
    500: '#9d40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40d4;
$custom-light: #be7ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.703,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56564,
    "c": 0.22035,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40D4

secondary

#B0D798

accent

#E6427F

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40D4

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

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