#9D40D9#9D40D9

#9D40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.225 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40D9
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(276, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 63.16, -62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 88.54, 315.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% 0.1406 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.225 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2599, 15.8451, 67.2019)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40D9 #7CD940

analogous

#5140D9 #9D40D9 #D940C8

triadic

#9D40D9 #D99D40 #40D99D

tetradic

#9D40D9 #D95140 #7CD940 #40C8D9

square

#9D40D9 #D95140 #7CD940 #40C8D9

split-complementary

#9D40D9 #C8D940 #40D951

monochromatic

#5B1A84 #7E24B7 #9D40D9 #B773E3 #D1A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#9D40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#9D40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40D9

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40D9	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1970D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#946388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.225 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ce6',
    500: '#9d40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40d9;
$custom-light: #bf7ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.471,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56914,
    "c": 0.22519,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40D9

secondary

#B3DA9A

accent

#EA3E81

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40D9

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

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