#40147E#40147E

#40147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.161 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40147E
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.43, 43.50, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.43, 66.96, 310.51°)
OKLab	oklab(33.4% 0.0669 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(33.4% 0.161 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1294, 3.0965, 20.0094)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40147E #527E14

analogous

#141D7E #40147E #75147E

triadic

#40147E #7E4014 #147E40

tetradic

#40147E #7E141D #527E14 #147E75

square

#40147E #7E141D #527E14 #147E75

split-complementary

#40147E #7E7514 #1D7E14

monochromatic

#0D041A #250C49 #40147E #5B1CB3 #772EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#40147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#40147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40147E

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40147E	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.161 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c58a4',
    500: '#40147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40147e;
$custom-light: #7c58a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.906,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33403,
    "c": 0.16066,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40147E

secondary

#81B33A

accent

#EF38A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40147E

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

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