#40145A#40145A

#40145A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.121 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40145A
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 90)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 77.8%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.13, 34.12, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.13, 47.34, 316.12°)
OKLab	oklab(30.07% 0.0771 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(30.07% 0.121 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2096, 2.3286, 9.8986)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40145A #2E5A14

analogous

#1D145A #40145A #5A1451

triadic

#40145A #5A4014 #145A40

tetradic

#40145A #5A1D14 #2E5A14 #14515A

square

#40145A #5A1D14 #2E5A14 #14515A

split-complementary

#40145A #515A14 #145A1D

monochromatic

#120619 #1C0928 #40145A #641F8C #872ABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.33

#40145A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#40145A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40145A

14.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40145A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40145A	1.00	14.33	1.47	14.33
#FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40145a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.121 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785689',
    500: '#40145a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40145a;
$custom-light: #785689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40145a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.714,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30074,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40145A

secondary

#599238

accent

#E7417F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40145A

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

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