#9F40D5#9F40D5

#9F40D5 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.222 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40D5
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 213)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.4%, 70%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 62.70, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 86.62, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.1437 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.222 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1394, 15.8424, 64.5134)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40D5 #76D540

analogous

#5540D5 #9F40D5 #D540C1

triadic

#9F40D5 #D59F40 #40D59F

tetradic

#9F40D5 #D55540 #76D540 #40C1D5

square

#9F40D5 #D55540 #76D540 #40C1D5

split-complementary

#9F40D5 #C1D540 #40D555

monochromatic

#5B1C7F #7F27B1 #9F40D5 #B872E0 #D1A4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#9F40D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#9F40D5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40D5

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40D5	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2670D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.222 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07de3',
    500: '#9f40d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40d5;
$custom-light: #c07de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.255,
    "s": 63.948,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56882,
    "c": 0.22191,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40D5

secondary

#B0D899

accent

#E7417D

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A15

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40D5

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

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