#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
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 212)
HSL	hsl(279, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(279, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 69.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 62.48, -59.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 86.14, 316.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.81% 0.1439 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(56.81% 0.221 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0129, 15.7918, 63.8470)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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
##9F40D4	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #9F40D4

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

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