#40125B#40125B

#40125B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.124 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40125B
RGB	rgb(64, 18, 91)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.88, 35.29, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.88, 48.92, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(29.93% 0.0791 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(29.93% 0.124 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2186, 2.2780, 10.1130)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40125B #2D5B12

analogous

#1C125B #40125B #5B1252

triadic

#40125B #5B4012 #125B40

tetradic

#40125B #5B1C12 #2D5B12 #12525B

square

#40125B #5B1C12 #2D5B12 #12525B

split-complementary

#40125B #525B12 #125B1C

monochromatic

#12051A #1C0828 #40125B #641C8E #8826C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#40125B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#40125B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40125B

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40125B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40125B	1.00	14.43	1.46	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40125b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 18, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.124 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78558a',
    500: '#40125b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40125b;
$custom-light: #78558a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40125b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.808,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29929,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40125B

secondary

#589335

accent

#EA3E7E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40125B

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

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