#40136C#40136C

#40136C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.142 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40136C
RGB	rgb(64, 19, 108)
HSL	hsl(270, 70%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 82.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.53, 39.16, -42.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.53, 57.73, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% 0.0737 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.142 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0533, 2.6384, 14.4275)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40136C #3F6C13

analogous

#13136C #40136C #6C136C

triadic

#40136C #6C4013 #136C40

tetradic

#40136C #6C1313 #3F6C13 #136C6C

square

#40136C #6C1313 #3F6C13 #136C6C

split-complementary

#40136C #6C6C13 #136C13

monochromatic

#0F051A #210A38 #40136C #5F1CA0 #7E25D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#40136C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#40136C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40136C

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40136C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40136C	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40136c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 19, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.142 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5797',
    500: '#40136c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40136c;
$custom-light: #7a5797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40136c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.337,
    "s": 70.079,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31554,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40136C

secondary

#6DA338

accent

#ED3B93

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40136C

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

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