#9E40DE#9E40DE

#9E40DE is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.230 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40DE
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 222)
HSL	hsl(276, 71%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(276, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 64.43, -64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 90.90, 315.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1412 -0.1819)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.23 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1160, 16.2102, 70.6881)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40DE #80DE40

analogous

#4F40DE #9E40DE #DE40CF

triadic

#9E40DE #DE9E40 #40DE9E

tetradic

#9E40DE #DE4F40 #80DE40 #40CFDE

square

#9E40DE #DE4F40 #80DE40 #40CFDE

split-complementary

#9E40DE #CFDE40 #40DE4F

monochromatic

#5D188B #7F21C0 #9E40DE #B974E7 #D3A8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#9E40DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#9E40DE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40DE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40DE	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B71DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94648B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.230 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07de9',
    500: '#9e40de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40de;
$custom-light: #c07de9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.696,
    "s": 70.536,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57391,
    "c": 0.2303,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40DE

secondary

#B7DE9C

accent

#ED3A83

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFD

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40DE

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

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