#9E40D4#9E40D4

#9E40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.221 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40D4
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(278, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 62.28, -59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 86.15, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.69% 0.1426 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(56.69% 0.221 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.8153, 15.6900, 63.8378)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40D4 #76D440

analogous

#5440D4 #9E40D4 #D440C0

triadic

#9E40D4 #D49E40 #40D49E

tetradic

#9E40D4 #D45440 #76D440 #40C0D4

square

#9E40D4 #D45440 #76D440 #40C0D4

split-complementary

#9E40D4 #C0D440 #40D454

monochromatic

#5A1C7D #7E27AF #9E40D4 #B772DF #D1A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#9E40D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#9E40D4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40D4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40D4	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2670D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.221 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7ce2',
    500: '#9e40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40d4;
$custom-light: #bf7ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56688,
    "c": 0.22065,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40D4

secondary

#AFD798

accent

#E6427E

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40D4

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

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