#40155F#40155F

#40155F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.125 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40155F
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 95)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.70, 34.91, -35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.70, 49.59, 314.74°)
OKLab	oklab(30.61% 0.0751 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(30.61% 0.125 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.4476, 2.4526, 11.0633)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40155F #345F15

analogous

#1B155F #40155F #5F1559

triadic

#40155F #5F4015 #155F40

tetradic

#40155F #5F1B15 #345F15 #15595F

square

#40155F #5F1B15 #345F15 #15595F

split-complementary

#40155F #595F15 #155F1B

monochromatic

#110619 #1E0A2D #40155F #622091 #842BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.09

#40155F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#40155F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40155F

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40155F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40155F	1.00	14.09	1.49	14.09
#FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40155f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.125 306.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40155f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.865,
    "s": 63.793,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30613,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40155F

secondary

#60963A

accent

#E74186

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40155F

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

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