#40155C#40155C

#40155C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.122 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40155C
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 92)
HSL	hsl(276, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(276, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 77.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.46, 34.15, -33.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.46, 47.92, 315.45°)
OKLab	oklab(30.36% 0.0756 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(30.36% 0.122 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3139, 2.3991, 10.3590)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40155C #315C15

analogous

#1D155C #40155C #5C1555

triadic

#40155C #5C4015 #155C40

tetradic

#40155C #5C1D15 #315C15 #15555C

square

#40155C #5C1D15 #315C15 #15555C

split-complementary

#40155C #555C15 #155C1D

monochromatic

#110619 #1D0A2A #40155C #63208E #852CC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#40155C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#40155C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40155C

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40155C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40155C	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#032B5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40155c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.122 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78578b',
    500: '#40155c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40155c;
$custom-light: #78578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40155c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.338,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3036,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40155C

secondary

#5D9339

accent

#E64283

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40155C

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

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