#40155D#40155D

#40155D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.123 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40155D
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 93)
HSL	hsl(276, 63%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(276, 77%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 77.4%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.54, 34.40, -34.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.54, 48.47, 315.20°)
OKLab	oklab(30.44% 0.0754 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(30.44% 0.123 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3579, 2.4167, 10.5907)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40155D #325D15

analogous

#1C155D #40155D #5D1556

triadic

#40155D #5D4015 #155D40

tetradic

#40155D #5D1C15 #325D15 #15565D

square

#40155D #5D1C15 #325D15 #15565D

split-complementary

#40155D #565D15 #155D1C

monochromatic

#110619 #1E0A2B #40155D #62208F #852CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#40155D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#40155D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40155D

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40155D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40155D	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012B5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40155d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.123 307.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40155d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.833,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30444,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40155D

secondary

#5E9439

accent

#E64284

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40155D

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

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