#40146B#40146B

#40146B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.140 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40146B
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 107)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 81.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.59, 38.47, -41.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.59, 56.71, 312.71°)
OKLab	oklab(31.57% 0.0731 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(31.57% 0.14 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.0177, 2.6518, 14.1546)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40146B #3F6B14

analogous

#15146B #40146B #6B146A

triadic

#40146B #6B4014 #146B40

tetradic

#40146B #6B1514 #3F6B14 #146A6B

square

#40146B #6B1514 #3F6B14 #146A6B

split-complementary

#40146B #6A6B14 #146B15

monochromatic

#0F051A #210A37 #40146B #5F1E9F #7E27D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#40146B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#40146B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40146B

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40146B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40146B	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#372B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40146b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.140 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5796',
    500: '#40146b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40146b;
$custom-light: #7a5796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40146b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.345,
    "s": 68.504,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31566,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40146B

secondary

#6DA239

accent

#EB3C93

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40146B

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

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