#9F40E3#9F40E3

#9F40E3 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.235 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40E3
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 227)
HSL	hsl(275, 74%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(275, 72%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 71.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 65.70, -66.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 93.26, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% 0.1417 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.235 307)
XYZ	xyz(29.9936, 16.5841, 74.2791)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40E3 #84E340

analogous

#4E40E3 #9F40E3 #E340D6

triadic

#9F40E3 #E39F40 #40E39F

tetradic

#9F40E3 #E34E40 #84E340 #40D6E3

square

#9F40E3 #E34E40 #84E340 #40D6E3

split-complementary

#9F40E3 #D6E340 #40E34E

monochromatic

#5F1693 #811DC8 #9F40E3 #BA75EB #D5ABF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#9F40E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#9F40E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40E3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40E3	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94668E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.235 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17ded',
    500: '#9f40e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40e3;
$custom-light: #c17ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.969,
    "s": 74.429,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57872,
    "c": 0.23538,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.16584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40E3

secondary

#BAE19E

accent

#F13784

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A16

muted

#827C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40E3

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

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