#40156C#40156C

#40156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.140 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40156C
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(270, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.84, 38.28, -41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.84, 56.77, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(31.77% 0.0719 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(31.77% 0.14 301)
XYZ	xyz(5.0886, 2.7090, 14.4392)
Luminance	0.0271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40156C #416C15

analogous

#15166C #40156C #6B156C

triadic

#40156C #6C4015 #156C40

tetradic

#40156C #6C1516 #416C15 #156C6B

square

#40156C #6C1516 #416C15 #156C6B

split-complementary

#40156C #6C6B15 #166C15

monochromatic

#0F051A #220B39 #40156C #5E1F9F #7D29D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.62

#40156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#40156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40156C

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40156C	1.00	13.62	1.54	13.62
#FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.140 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5897',
    500: '#40156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40156c;
$custom-light: #7a5897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.655,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31767,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.02709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40156C

secondary

#6FA33A

accent

#EA3D95

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030D

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40156C

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

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