#40156D#40156D

#40156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.141 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40156D
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.93, 38.55, -42.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.93, 57.32, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(31.86% 0.0716 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(31.86% 0.141 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1422, 2.7304, 14.7211)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40156D #426D15

analogous

#15166D #40156D #6C156D

triadic

#40156D #6D4015 #156D40

tetradic

#40156D #6D1516 #426D15 #156D6C

square

#40156D #6D1516 #426D15 #156D6C

split-complementary

#40156D #6D6C15 #166D15

monochromatic

#0F051A #220B3A #40156D #5E1FA0 #7C29D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.58

#40156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#40156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40156D

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40156D	1.00	13.58	1.55	13.58
#FFFFFF	13.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.141 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5898',
    500: '#40156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40156d;
$custom-light: #7a5898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.318,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3186,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40156D

secondary

#70A33A

accent

#EB3D96

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40156D

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

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