#9E40D7#9E40D7

#9E40D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.224 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40D7
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 62.92, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 87.58, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.1422 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.224 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1972, 15.8427, 65.8493)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40D7 #79D740

analogous

#5340D7 #9E40D7 #D740C5

triadic

#9E40D7 #D79E40 #40D79E

tetradic

#9E40D7 #D75340 #79D740 #40C5D7

square

#9E40D7 #D75340 #79D740 #40C5D7

split-complementary

#9E40D7 #C5D740 #40D753

monochromatic

#5B1B81 #7E26B4 #9E40D7 #B873E2 #D1A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#9E40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#9E40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40D7

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40D7	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2070D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.224 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7de4',
    500: '#9e40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40d7;
$custom-light: #bf7de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.351,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56897,
    "c": 0.22354,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40D7

secondary

#B2D99A

accent

#E83F7F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40D7

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

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