#9F40D4#9F40D4

#9F40D4 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.221 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#9F40D4
RGBrgb(159, 64, 212)
HSLhsl(279, 63%, 54%)
HSVhsv(279, 70%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(25%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(46.70, 62.48, -59.30)
CIE-LCHlch(46.70, 86.14, 316.50°)
OKLaboklab(56.81% 0.1439 -0.1677)
OKLCHoklch(56.81% 0.221 310.6)
XYZxyz(28.0129, 15.7918, 63.8470)
Luminance0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#9F40D4 #75D440
analogous
#5540D4 #9F40D4 #D440BF
triadic
#9F40D4 #D49F40 #40D49F
tetradic
#9F40D4 #D45540 #75D440 #40BFD4
square
#9F40D4 #D45540 #75D440 #40BFD4
split-complementary
#9F40D4 #BFD440 #40D455
monochromatic
#5B1C7D #7F27AF #9F40D4 #B872DF #D1A4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05
#9F40D4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16
#9F40D4 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40D4
5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##9F40D4#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##9F40D41.005.054.165.05
#FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00
#0000004.1621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.051.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#006AD8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2870D1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#986086
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #9f40d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.221 310.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07ce2',
    500: '#9f40d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #9f40d4;
$custom-light: #c07ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#9f40d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.514,
    "s": 63.248,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56813,
    "c": 0.22094,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#9F40D4
secondary
#AFD798
accent
#E6427D
background
#FCF7FD
surface
#F8EEFB
border
#D1C9D4
text
#130A15
muted
#827C83

Preview Lab

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#9F40D4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva