HEX atlas value

#9400D3

#9400D3 is a cool purple HEX color nearest Dark Violet. RGB 148, 0, 211, HSL 282° 100% 41%, luminance 0.11; view contrast and conversions.

purple cool vibrant jewel-tone

#9400D3 Sample readable text

HEX #9400D3

RGB rgb(148, 0, 211)

HSL hsl(282 100% 41%)

CMYK cmyk(30, 100, 0, 17)

Luminance 0.11

Contrast Black 3.2:1White 6.56:1

CSS

--color-9400d3: #9400D3;
.background-9400d3 { background-color: #9400D3; }
.text-9400d3 { color: #9400D3; }

HEX meaning and use

About #9400D3

#9400D3 is classified as a cool purple value with vibrant and jewel tone visual character. #9400D3 is visually closest to Dark Violet, a named purple color with HEX #9400D3.

The RGB channels are 148, 0, and 211, with blue carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 282deg with 100% saturation and 41% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and rich accent palettes. Its luminance is 0.11, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text3.2:1AA Fail

White text6.56:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #9400D3 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000003.2:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF6.56:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#520075#520075 · #FFFFFF text · best 13:1 #2A00D1#2A00D1 · #FFFFFF text · best 10.4:1 #3FD100#3FD100 · #000000 text · best 10.33:1 #8917BA#8917BA · #FFFFFF text · best 7.25:1 UV Purple#6F00FF · #FFFFFF text · best 6.73:1

Generated Palette

Dark Violet#9400D3

#3FD100#3FD100

#2A00D1#2A00D1

#D100A7#D100A7

#C02EFF#C02EFF

#520075#520075

Color Harmonies

#3FD100#3FD100

#2A00D1#2A00D1

#D100A7#D100A7

#D19200#D19200

#00D192#00D192

Variants

#C02EFF#C02EFF

#520075#520075

#9200D1#9200D1

#8917BA#8917BA

#C65FF2#C65FF2

#AF00FA#AF00FA

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Violet#9400D3

Cobalt Violet#8F00FF

Blue Violet#8A2BE2

Dark Orchid#9932CC

UV Purple#6F00FF

Luminance0.11

Black text3.2:1AA Fail

White text6.56:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#9400D3","rgb":[148,0,211],"hsl":[282,100,41],"cmyk":[30,100,0,17],"luminance":0.11,"contrast":{"black":3.2,"white":6.56}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":3.2,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":6.56,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#520075","hex":"#520075","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.62,"contrastWhite":13,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#2A00D1","hex":"#2A00D1","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.02,"contrastWhite":10.4,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#3FD100","hex":"#3FD100","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.33,"contrastWhite":2.03,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#8917BA","hex":"#8917BA","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.9,"contrastWhite":7.25,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"UV Purple","hex":"#6F00FF","family":"purple","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.12,"contrastWhite":6.73,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool purple","vibrant","jewel tone","vibrant purple","jewel tone purple","Dark Violet adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","rich accent palettes","high-energy accents"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/9400d3.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-violet.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cobalt-violet.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/blue-violet.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#3FD100","analogous":["#2A00D1","#D100A7"],"triadic":["#D19200","#00D192"],"tetradic":["#D12A00","#3FD100","#00A7D1"],"splitComplementary":["#A7D100","#00D12A"],"monochromatic":["#C02EFF","#9400D3","#520075"]}

Variants

{"light":"#C02EFF","dark":"#520075","saturated":"#9200D1","desaturated":"#8917BA","pastel":"#C65FF2","neon":"#AF00FA"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-violet","name":"Dark Violet","hex":"#9400D3","distance":0},{"slug":"cobalt-violet","name":"Cobalt Violet","hex":"#8F00FF","distance":44.28317965096906},{"slug":"blue-violet","name":"Blue Violet","hex":"#8A2BE2","distance":46.62617290749907},{"slug":"dark-orchid","name":"Dark Orchid","hex":"#9932CC","distance":50.73460357586329},{"slug":"uv-purple","name":"UV Purple","hex":"#6F00FF","distance":57.48912940721924}]

#9400D3

CSS

About #9400D3

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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