#40117E#40117E

#40117E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.163 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40117E
RGB	rgb(64, 17, 126)
HSL	hsl(266, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(266, 87%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 86.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.03, 44.65, -51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.03, 68.20, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(33.13% 0.0689 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(33.13% 0.163 295)
XYZ	xyz(6.0797, 2.9971, 19.9928)
Luminance	0.0300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40117E #4F7E11

analogous

#11187E #40117E #77117E

triadic

#40117E #7E4011 #117E40

tetradic

#40117E #7E1118 #4F7E11 #117E77

square

#40117E #7E1118 #4F7E11 #117E77

split-complementary

#40117E #7E7711 #187E11

monochromatic

#0E041B #250A48 #40117E #5B18B4 #7827E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.13

#40117E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#40117E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40117E

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40117E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40117E	1.00	13.13	1.60	13.13
#FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40117e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 17, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.163 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d57a4',
    500: '#40117e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40117e;
$custom-light: #7d57a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40117e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.872,
    "s": 76.224,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33131,
    "c": 0.16321,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.02997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40117E

secondary

#7EB437

accent

#F335A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A030F

muted

#7C787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40117E

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

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