#9F40D6#9F40D6

#9F40D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.223 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40D6
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 214)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 70.1%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.83, 62.91, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.83, 87.09, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1436 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.223 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2667, 15.8934, 65.1840)
Luminance	0.1589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40D6 #77D640

analogous

#5440D6 #9F40D6 #D640C2

triadic

#9F40D6 #D69F40 #40D69F

tetradic

#9F40D6 #D65440 #77D640 #40C2D6

square

#9F40D6 #D65440 #77D640 #40C2D6

split-complementary

#9F40D6 #C2D640 #40D654

monochromatic

#5B1B80 #7F26B2 #9F40D6 #B872E1 #D2A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#9F40D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.18

#9F40D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40D6

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40D6	1.00	5.03	4.18	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2570D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.223 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07de3',
    500: '#9f40d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40d6;
$custom-light: #c07de3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 64.655,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56951,
    "c": 0.22287,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40D6

secondary

#B0D999

accent

#E8407E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40D6

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

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