#40147F#40147F

#40147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.162 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40147F
RGB	rgb(64, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(265, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.53, 43.76, -51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.53, 67.49, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.0665 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.162 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1942, 3.1224, 20.3509)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40147F #537F14

analogous

#141E7F #40147F #76147F

triadic

#40147F #7F4014 #147F40

tetradic

#40147F #7F141E #537F14 #147F76

square

#40147F #7F141E #537F14 #147F76

split-complementary

#40147F #7F7614 #1E7F14

monochromatic

#0D041A #250C4A #40147F #5B1CB4 #772FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#40147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#40147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40147F

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40147F	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.162 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c58a5',
    500: '#40147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40147f;
$custom-light: #7c58a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.673,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33504,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40147F

secondary

#82B43B

accent

#EF38A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40147F

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

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