#40146D#40146D

#40146D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.142 H 300.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40146D
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 109)
HSL	hsl(270, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(270, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.78, 38.99, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.78, 57.80, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(31.75% 0.0726 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(31.75% 0.142 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.1241, 2.6944, 14.7151)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40146D #416D14

analogous

#14146D #40146D #6C146D

triadic

#40146D #6D4014 #146D40

tetradic

#40146D #6D1414 #416D14 #146D6C

square

#40146D #6D1414 #416D14 #146D6C

split-complementary

#40146D #6D6C14 #146D14

monochromatic

#0F051A #220B39 #40146D #5E1DA1 #7D27D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#40146D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#40146D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40146D

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40146D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40146D	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40146d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.142 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5798',
    500: '#40146d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40146d;
$custom-light: #7a5798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40146d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.663,
    "s": 68.992,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31752,
    "c": 0.14189,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40146D

secondary

#6FA439

accent

#EC3C95

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40146D

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

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