#40155A#40155A

#40155A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.119 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40155A
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 90)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 76.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.29, 33.64, -32.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.29, 46.81, 315.95°)
OKLab	oklab(30.19% 0.076 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(30.19% 0.119 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2276, 2.3646, 9.9046)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40155A #2F5A15

analogous

#1E155A #40155A #5A1552

triadic

#40155A #5A4015 #155A40

tetradic

#40155A #5A1E15 #2F5A15 #15525A

square

#40155A #5A1E15 #2F5A15 #15525A

split-complementary

#40155A #525A15 #155A1E

monochromatic

#120619 #1D0928 #40155A #63218C #872CBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#40155A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#40155A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40155A

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40155A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40155A	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2436

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40155a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.119 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785789',
    500: '#40155a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40155a;
$custom-light: #785789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40155a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.391,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30194,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40155A

secondary

#5B9239

accent

#E54380

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40155A

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

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