#40115E#40115E

#40115E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.129 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40115E
RGB	rgb(64, 17, 94)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 81.9%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.98, 36.47, -35.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.98, 51.04, 315.59°)
OKLab	oklab(30.08% 0.0794 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(30.08% 0.129 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.3348, 2.2991, 10.8029)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40115E #2F5E11

analogous

#1A115E #40115E #5E1156

triadic

#40115E #5E4011 #115E40

tetradic

#40115E #5E1A11 #2F5E11 #11565E

square

#40115E #5E1A11 #2F5E11 #11565E

split-complementary

#40115E #565E11 #115E1A

monochromatic

#12051A #1D082A #40115E #631A92 #8724C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#40115E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#40115E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40115E

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40115E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40115E	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40115e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 17, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.129 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79558c',
    500: '#40115e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40115e;
$custom-light: #79558c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40115e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.623,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30079,
    "c": 0.12886,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40115E

secondary

#5B9734

accent

#EC3C80

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40115E

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

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