#9F40FF#9F40FF

#9F40FF is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.262 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9F40FF
RGB	rgb(159, 64, 255)
HSL	hsl(270, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 74.9%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.81, 71.90, -78.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.81, 106.47, 312.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1361 -0.2242)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.262 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1771, 18.2575, 96.3118)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9F40FF #A0FF40

analogous

#4040FF #9F40FF #FF40FF

triadic

#9F40FF #FF9F40 #40FF9F

tetradic

#9F40FF #FF4040 #A0FF40 #40FFFF

square

#9F40FF #FF4040 #A0FF40 #40FFFF

split-complementary

#9F40FF #FFFF40 #40FF40

monochromatic

#6200C5 #8003FF #9F40FF #BE7DFF #DDBAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#9F40FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#9F40FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9F40FF

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9F40FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9F40FF	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0075FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0075FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A729E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9f40ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(159, 64, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.262 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37eff',
    500: '#9f40ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9f40ff;
$custom-light: #c37eff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9f40ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 159,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.843,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59983,
    "c": 0.26228,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9F40FF

secondary

#CEF0AB

accent

#E60073

background

#FCF8FF

surface

#F9EFFF

border

#D2CAD7

text

#140B18

muted

#827C86

Preview Lab

Preview with #9F40FF

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

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