#9D40E3#9D40E3

#9D40E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.235 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D40E3
RGB	rgb(157, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(274, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.8%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, 65.33, -66.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 93.31, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% 0.1391 -0.1893)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.235 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6001, 16.3812, 74.2607)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D40E3 #86E340

analogous

#4C40E3 #9D40E3 #E340D8

triadic

#9D40E3 #E39D40 #40E39D

tetradic

#9D40E3 #E34C40 #86E340 #40D8E3

square

#9D40E3 #E34C40 #86E340 #40D8E3

split-complementary

#9D40E3 #D8E340 #40E34C

monochromatic

#5D1693 #7F1DC8 #9D40E3 #B875EB #D4ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#9D40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#9D40E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9D40E3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9D40E3	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.235 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ded',
    500: '#9d40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d40e3;
$custom-light: #bf7ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.233,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57632,
    "c": 0.23489,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D40E3

secondary

#BBE19E

accent

#F13787

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D40E3

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

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