#40144E#40144E

#40144E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.108 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40144E
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 78)
HSL	hsl(286, 59%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(286, 74%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.21, 31.23, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.21, 40.74, 320.04°)
OKLab	oklab(29.13% 0.0785 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(29.13% 0.108 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7395, 2.1405, 7.4224)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40144E #224E14

analogous

#23144E #40144E #4E143F

triadic

#40144E #4E4014 #144E40

tetradic

#40144E #4E2314 #224E14 #143F4E

square

#40144E #4E2314 #224E14 #143F4E

split-complementary

#40144E #3F4E14 #144E23

monochromatic

#140618 #18081D #40144E #68207F #902DAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#40144E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#40144E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40144E

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40144E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40144E	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F1F2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40144e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.108 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775680',
    500: '#40144e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40144e;
$custom-light: #775680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40144e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.517,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29128,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40144E

secondary

#4B8638

accent

#E2456B

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40144E

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

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