#9F40E8#9F40E8

#9F40E8 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.240 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40E8
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 232)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 72.4%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 66.79, -68.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 95.62, 314.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1409 -0.1945)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.24 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6937, 16.8642, 77.9664)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40E8 #89E840

analogous

#4B40E8 #9F40E8 #E840DD

triadic

#9F40E8 #E89F40 #40E89F

tetradic

#9F40E8 #E84B40 #89E840 #40DDE8

square

#9F40E8 #E84B40 #89E840 #40DDE8

split-complementary

#9F40E8 #DDE840 #40E84B

monochromatic

#60139B #8119D2 #9F40E8 #BA77EF #D6ADF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#9F40E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#9F40E8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40E8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40E8	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#926891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.240 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17df0',
    500: '#9f40e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40e8;
$custom-light: #c17df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.929,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58237,
    "c": 0.24019,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40E8

secondary

#BEE3A0

accent

#F53387

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40E8

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

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