#40146E#40146E

#40146E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.143 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40146E
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 110)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 81.8%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.87, 39.25, -43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.87, 58.35, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(31.85% 0.0723 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(31.85% 0.143 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1783, 2.7160, 15.0003)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40146E #426E14

analogous

#14156E #40146E #6D146E

triadic

#40146E #6E4014 #146E40

tetradic

#40146E #6E1415 #426E14 #146E6D

square

#40146E #6E1415 #426E14 #146E6D

split-complementary

#40146E #6E6D14 #156E14

monochromatic

#0F051A #220B3A #40146E #5E1DA2 #7C27D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.61

#40146E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#40146E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40146E

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40146E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40146E	1.00	13.61	1.54	13.61
#FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40146e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.143 300.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40146e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31845,
    "c": 0.143,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40146E

secondary

#70A539

accent

#EC3C96

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40146E

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

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