#9E40D9#9E40D9

#9E40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.225 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40D9
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 63.35, -61.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 88.53, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1419 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.225 309)
XYZ	xyz(28.4558, 15.9462, 67.2111)
Luminance	0.1595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40D9 #7BD940

analogous

#5240D9 #9E40D9 #D940C7

triadic

#9E40D9 #D99E40 #40D99E

tetradic

#9E40D9 #D95240 #7BD940 #40C7D9

square

#9E40D9 #D95240 #7BD940 #40C7D9

split-complementary

#9E40D9 #C7D940 #40D952

monochromatic

#5B1A84 #7F24B7 #9E40D9 #B873E3 #D2A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#9E40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#9E40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40D9

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40D9	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C70D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.225 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bf7de6',
    500: '#9e40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40d9;
$custom-light: #bf7de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.863,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57037,
    "c": 0.22548,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.15946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40D9

secondary

#B3DA9A

accent

#EA3E80

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40D9

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

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