#9E40E3#9E40E3

#9E40E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.235 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40E3
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 65.52, -66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 93.28, 314.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1404 -0.1886)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.235 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7961, 16.4823, 74.2699)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40E3 #85E340

analogous

#4D40E3 #9E40E3 #E340D7

triadic

#9E40E3 #E39E40 #40E39E

tetradic

#9E40E3 #E34D40 #85E340 #40D7E3

square

#9E40E3 #E34D40 #85E340 #40D7E3

split-complementary

#9E40E3 #D7E340 #40E34D

monochromatic

#5E1693 #801DC8 #9E40E3 #B975EB #D4ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#9E40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#9E40E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40E3

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40E3	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92678E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.235 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ded',
    500: '#9e40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40e3;
$custom-light: #c07ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.601,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57752,
    "c": 0.23512,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40E3

secondary

#BAE19E

accent

#F13786

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40E3

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

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