#40116C#40116C

#40116C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.144 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40116C
RGB	rgb(64, 17, 108)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 84.3%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.25, 39.99, -42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.25, 58.64, 312.99°)
OKLab	oklab(31.36% 0.0754 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(31.36% 0.144 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0209, 2.5736, 14.4167)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40116C #3D6C11

analogous

#13116C #40116C #6C116B

triadic

#40116C #6C4011 #116C40

tetradic

#40116C #6C1311 #3D6C11 #116B6C

square

#40116C #6C1311 #3D6C11 #116B6C

split-complementary

#40116C #6B6C11 #116C13

monochromatic

#10041A #210937 #40116C #5F19A1 #7F22D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.86

#40116C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#40116C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40116C

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40116C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40116C	1.00	13.86	1.51	13.86
#FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40116c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 17, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.144 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5697',
    500: '#40116c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40116c;
$custom-light: #7a5697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40116c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.989,
    "s": 72.8,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31355,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40116C

secondary

#6BA435

accent

#EF3891

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40116C

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

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