#9F40D7#9F40D7

#9F40D7 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.224 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40D7
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 215)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(278, 70%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(26%, 70.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.90, 63.12, -60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.90, 87.56, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.1435 -0.1718)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.224 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3948, 15.9446, 65.8586)
Luminance	0.1594 (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

#9F40D7 #78D740

analogous

#5340D7 #9F40D7 #D740C4

triadic

#9F40D7 #D79F40 #40D79F

tetradic

#9F40D7 #D75340 #78D740 #40C4D7

square

#9F40D7 #D75340 #78D740 #40C4D7

split-complementary

#9F40D7 #C4D740 #40D753

monochromatic

#5C1B81 #7F26B4 #9F40D7 #B873E2 #D2A5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#9F40D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#9F40D7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40D7

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40D7	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2371D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.224 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07de4',
    500: '#9f40d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40d7;
$custom-light: #c07de4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.748,
    "s": 65.368,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5702,
    "c": 0.22383,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40D7

secondary

#B1D99A

accent

#E83F7E

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40D7

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

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