#40145C#40145C

#40145C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.123 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40145C
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 92)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 78.3%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.29, 34.62, -33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.29, 48.45, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(30.24% 0.0767 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(30.24% 0.123 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2959, 2.3631, 10.3530)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40145C #305C14

analogous

#1C145C #40145C #5C1454

triadic

#40145C #5C4014 #145C40

tetradic

#40145C #5C1C14 #305C14 #14545C

square

#40145C #5C1C14 #305C14 #14545C

split-complementary

#40145C #545C14 #145C1C

monochromatic

#110519 #1D092A #40145C #631F8E #862AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#40145C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#40145C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40145C

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40145C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40145C	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40145c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.123 308.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40145c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30241,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40145C

secondary

#5C9438

accent

#E74181

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40145C

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

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