#40145E#40145E

#40145E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.125 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40145E
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 94)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.45, 35.13, -34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.45, 49.56, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(30.41% 0.0763 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(30.41% 0.125 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.3845, 2.3985, 10.8195)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40145E #325E14

analogous

#1B145E #40145E #5E1457

triadic

#40145E #5E4014 #145E40

tetradic

#40145E #5E1B14 #325E14 #14575E

square

#40145E #5E1B14 #325E14 #14575E

split-complementary

#40145E #575E14 #145E1B

monochromatic

#110519 #1E092C #40145E #621F90 #8529C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#40145E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#40145E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40145E

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40145E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40145E	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40145e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.125 307.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40145e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.676,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3041,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40145E

secondary

#5E9638

accent

#E84084

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40145E

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

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