#9F40D2#9F40D2

#9F40D2 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.219 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40D2
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 210)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 69.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.57, 62.06, -58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.57, 85.19, 316.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.1441 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.219 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7621, 15.6915, 62.5266)
Luminance	0.1569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40D2 #73D240

analogous

#5640D2 #9F40D2 #D240BC

triadic

#9F40D2 #D29F40 #40D29F

tetradic

#9F40D2 #D25640 #73D240 #40BCD2

square

#9F40D2 #D25640 #73D240 #40BCD2

split-complementary

#9F40D2 #BCD240 #40D256

monochromatic

#5A1D7B #7E29AC #9F40D2 #B872DE #D1A3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.07

#9F40D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#9F40D2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40D2

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40D2	1.00	5.07	4.14	5.07
#FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B70CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#985F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.219 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ce1',
    500: '#9f40d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40d2;
$custom-light: #c07ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.041,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56676,
    "c": 0.21903,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40D2

secondary

#ADD698

accent

#E5437B

background

#FCF7FD

surface

#F8EEFB

border

#D1C9D4

text

#130A15

muted

#827C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40D2

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

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