#9D40DC#9D40DC

#9D40DC is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.228 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40DC
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 220)
HSL	hsl(276, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 70.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 63.80, -63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 89.97, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1402 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.228 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6536, 16.0026, 69.2756)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40DC #7FDC40

analogous

#4F40DC #9D40DC #DC40CD

triadic

#9D40DC #DC9D40 #40DC9D

tetradic

#9D40DC #DC4F40 #7FDC40 #40CDDC

square

#9D40DC #DC4F40 #7FDC40 #40CDDC

split-complementary

#9D40DC #CDDC40 #40DC4F

monochromatic

#5C1989 #7E23BC #9D40DC #B874E5 #D2A7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#9D40DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#9D40DC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40DC

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40DC	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)

#006CE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F70D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93648A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.228 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7de8',
    500: '#9d40dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40dc;
$custom-light: #bf7de8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.769,
    "s": 69.027,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57127,
    "c": 0.2281,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40DC

secondary

#B6DC9B

accent

#EC3C83

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40DC

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

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