#40146F#40146F

#40146F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.144 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40146F
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 111)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 82%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.96, 39.51, -43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.96, 58.90, 312.14°)
OKLab	oklab(31.94% 0.0719 -0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(31.94% 0.144 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.2330, 2.7379, 15.2886)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40146F #436F14

analogous

#14156F #40146F #6D146F

triadic

#40146F #6F4014 #146F40

tetradic

#40146F #6F1415 #436F14 #146F6D

square

#40146F #6F1415 #436F14 #146F6D

split-complementary

#40146F #6F6D14 #156F14

monochromatic

#0F051A #220B3B #40146F #5E1DA3 #7C27D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#40146F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#40146F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40146F

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40146F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40146F	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40146f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.144 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5799',
    500: '#40146f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40146f;
$custom-light: #7a5799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40146f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.011,
    "s": 69.466,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31939,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40146F

secondary

#71A639

accent

#EC3C97

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40146F

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

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