#9E40D2#9E40D2

#9E40D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.219 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40D2
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 61.86, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 85.20, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.1428 -0.1657)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.219 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5646, 15.5897, 62.5173)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40D2 #74D240

analogous

#5540D2 #9E40D2 #D240BD

triadic

#9E40D2 #D29E40 #40D29E

tetradic

#9E40D2 #D25540 #74D240 #40BDD2

square

#9E40D2 #D25540 #74D240 #40BDD2

split-complementary

#9E40D2 #BDD240 #40D255

monochromatic

#591D7B #7D29AC #9E40D2 #B772DE #D0A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#9E40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#9E40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40D2

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40D2	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)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A70CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.219 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ce1',
    500: '#9e40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40d2;
$custom-light: #bf7ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.63,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56551,
    "c": 0.21872,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40D2

secondary

#AED698

accent

#E5437D

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40D2

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

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