#9F40EA#9F40EA

#9F40EA is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.242 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40EA
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 234)
HSL	hsl(274, 80%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 67.23, -69.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 96.57, 314.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.1405 -0.1972)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.242 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9794, 16.9785, 79.4711)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40EA #8BEA40

analogous

#4A40EA #9F40EA #EA40E0

triadic

#9F40EA #EA9F40 #40EA9F

tetradic

#9F40EA #EA4A40 #8BEA40 #40E0EA

square

#9F40EA #EA4A40 #8BEA40 #40E0EA

split-complementary

#9F40EA #E0EA40 #40EA4A

monochromatic

#60119E #8217D5 #9F40EA #BB77F0 #D6AEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#9F40EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#9F40EA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #9F40EA

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##9F40EA	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0070EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#916992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.242 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17df2',
    500: '#9f40ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40ea;
$custom-light: #c17df2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 80.189,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58384,
    "c": 0.24211,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40EA

secondary

#BFE5A1

accent

#F73188

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8EFFD

border

#D1CAD5

text

#130A17

muted

#827C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40EA

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

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