#40145B#40145B

#40145B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.122 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40145B
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 91)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 78%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.21, 34.37, -33.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.21, 47.90, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(30.16% 0.0769 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(30.16% 0.122 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2525, 2.3457, 10.1243)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40145B #2F5B14

analogous

#1D145B #40145B #5B1453

triadic

#40145B #5B4014 #145B40

tetradic

#40145B #5B1D14 #2F5B14 #14535B

square

#40145B #5B1D14 #2F5B14 #14535B

split-complementary

#40145B #535B14 #145B1D

monochromatic

#120619 #1D0929 #40145B #631F8D #872ABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#40145B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#40145B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40145B

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40145B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40145B	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#032B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40145b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.122 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78568a',
    500: '#40145b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40145b;
$custom-light: #78568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40145b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.183,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30157,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40145B

secondary

#5B9338

accent

#E74180

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40145B

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

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