#9D40DE#9D40DE

#9D40DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.230 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40DE
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(275, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(275, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.12, 64.24, -64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.12, 90.92, 314.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1399 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.23 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9201, 16.1092, 70.6789)
Luminance	0.1611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40DE #81DE40

analogous

#4E40DE #9D40DE #DE40D0

triadic

#9D40DE #DE9D40 #40DE9D

tetradic

#9D40DE #DE4E40 #81DE40 #40D0DE

square

#9D40DE #DE4E40 #81DE40 #40D0DE

split-complementary

#9D40DE #D0DE40 #40DE4E

monochromatic

#5C188B #7E21C0 #9D40DE #B874E7 #D3A8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#9D40DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#9D40DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40DE

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40DE	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0570DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92658B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.230 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7de9',
    500: '#9d40de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40de;
$custom-light: #bf7de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.316,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5727,
    "c": 0.23004,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40DE

secondary

#B7DE9C

accent

#ED3A84

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40DE

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

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