#9E40E6#9E40E6

#9E40E6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.238 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E40E6
RGB	rgb(158, 64, 230)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.3%, 72.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 66.17, -67.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 94.70, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.1399 -0.1926)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.238 306)
XYZ	xyz(30.2137, 16.6493, 76.4695)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E40E6 #88E640

analogous

#4B40E6 #9E40E6 #E640DB

triadic

#9E40E6 #E69E40 #40E69E

tetradic

#9E40E6 #E64B40 #88E640 #40DBE6

square

#9E40E6 #E64B40 #88E640 #40DBE6

split-complementary

#9E40E6 #DBE640 #40E64B

monochromatic

#5F1498 #801BCE #9E40E6 #B976ED #D5ACF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#9E40E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#9E40E6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9E40E6

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E40E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9E40E6	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e40e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 64, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.238 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07def',
    500: '#9e40e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e40e6;
$custom-light: #c07def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e40e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.976,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57971,
    "c": 0.23803,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.16649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E40E6

secondary

#BCE29F

accent

#F33487

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E40E6

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

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