#9F40D9#9F40D9

#9F40D9 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.226 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40D9
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 217)
HSL	hsl(277, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(277, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 70.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, 63.55, -61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 88.51, 315.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.1432 -0.1745)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.226 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6534, 16.0480, 67.2203)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40D9 #7AD940

analogous

#5340D9 #9F40D9 #D940C6

triadic

#9F40D9 #D99F40 #40D99F

tetradic

#9F40D9 #D95340 #7AD940 #40C6D9

square

#9F40D9 #D95340 #7AD940 #40C6D9

split-complementary

#9F40D9 #C6D940 #40D953

monochromatic

#5C1A84 #8024B7 #9F40D9 #B973E3 #D2A6ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#9F40D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#9F40D9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40D9

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40D9	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E71D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.226 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c07de6',
    500: '#9f40d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40d9;
$custom-light: #c07de6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.255,
    "s": 66.812,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5716,
    "c": 0.22576,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40D9

secondary

#B3DA9A

accent

#EA3E7F

background

#FCF7FE

surface

#F8EEFC

border

#D1C9D5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40D9

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

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