#40154E#40154E

#40154E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.106 H 316.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40154E
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 78)
HSL	hsl(285, 58%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(285, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 73.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.39, 30.73, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.39, 40.18, 319.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.26% 0.0772 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(29.26% 0.106 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7575, 2.1765, 7.4284)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40154E #234E15

analogous

#24154E #40154E #4E1540

triadic

#40154E #4E4015 #154E40

tetradic

#40154E #4E2415 #234E15 #15404E

square

#40154E #4E2415 #234E15 #15404E

split-complementary

#40154E #404E15 #154E24

monochromatic

#140618 #18081E #40154E #68227E #8F2FAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#40154E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#40154E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40154E

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40154E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40154E	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162A4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F202F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40154e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.106 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775680',
    500: '#40154e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40154e;
$custom-light: #775680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40154e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.263,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29257,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40154E

secondary

#4C8639

accent

#E1476D

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDE9EE

border

#C8C5C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40154E

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

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