Dark Violet `#9400D3`

Dark Violet (#9400D3) is a mid-tone, vivid purple with an OKLCH hue of 310°, lightness 0.51 and chroma 0.261. It sits on the transitional side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#9400D3`
RGB	`rgb(148, 0, 211)`
HSL	`hsl(282, 100%, 41%)`
HSV	`hsv(282, 100%, 83%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(30%, 100%, 0%, 17%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(39.6 76.3 -70.4)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.515 0.261 310)`

How Dark Violet behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Dark Violet shifts subtly: leans toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #9608c7 — ΔE 2.0, shifts subtly: leans toward pink
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #9706cf — ΔE 1.0, shifts subtly: leans toward pink
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #9400d3 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
North light / shade (~7500K diffuse blue-sky light): → #9400d6 — ΔE 0.5, is virtually unchanged

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 6.56:1 and against black 3.2:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Dark Violet

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#d7a2ff · #bf62fa · #9400d3 · #7100a2 · #440065 · #1d002e

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#7277ff · #864cf1 · #9400d3 · #8d0094 · #7d0060 · #680037

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#ffa3bd · #ff659a · #c3607f · #9400d3 · #6e009e · #4a006c

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#94de00 · #967bab · #9400d3 · #602b81 · #400d5c · #1f0130

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#eaf7de · #8b799a · #9400d3 · #495241 · #291636 · #000100

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#eef4e9 · #c5cbbf · #979f90 · #1d2614 · #010500 · #9400d3

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#efecc6 · #59f43d · #9c639d · #9400d3 · #505a43 · #0b082f

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e1fdc6 · #948200 · #9400d3 · #005e3b · #262000 · #000401

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#ffefdd · #b37100 · #9400d3 · #005b57 · #002624 · #130600

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#ffeee8 · #db4b00 · #9400d3 · #395a00 · #00252f · #010500

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#A645E0 · #B96AED · #CB8BFA · #DCADFF · #EAD0FF

Shades

#7B00B1 · #630090 · #4D0070 · #370052 · #230036

Muted

#8B35BD · #814AA7 · #785790

Using Dark Violet

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.