#40115B#40115B

#40115B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.126 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40115B
RGB	rgb(64, 17, 91)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 81.3%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.73, 35.73, -34.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.73, 49.41, 316.32°)
OKLab	oklab(29.82% 0.0801 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(29.82% 0.126 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2028, 2.2463, 10.1077)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40115B #2C5B11

analogous

#1B115B #40115B #5B1151

triadic

#40115B #5B4011 #115B40

tetradic

#40115B #5B1B11 #2C5B11 #11515B

square

#40115B #5B1B11 #2C5B11 #11515B

split-complementary

#40115B #515B11 #115B1B

monochromatic

#12051A #1C0727 #40115B #641B8F #8924C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.49

#40115B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#40115B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40115B

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40115B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40115B	1.00	14.49	1.45	14.49
#FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40115b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 17, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.126 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78558a',
    500: '#40115b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40115b;
$custom-light: #78558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40115b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.108,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2982,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40115B

secondary

#579434

accent

#EB3C7C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40115B

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

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