#40156E#40156E

#40156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.142 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40156E
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.02, 38.81, -42.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.02, 57.87, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(31.95% 0.0714 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(31.95% 0.142 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1963, 2.7521, 15.0063)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40156E #436E15

analogous

#15166E #40156E #6C156E

triadic

#40156E #6E4015 #156E40

tetradic

#40156E #6E1516 #436E15 #156E6C

square

#40156E #6E1516 #436E15 #156E6C

split-complementary

#40156E #6E6C15 #166E15

monochromatic

#0F051A #220B3B #40156E #5E1FA1 #7C29D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.54

#40156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#40156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40156E

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40156E	1.00	13.54	1.55	13.54
#FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.142 300.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.989,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31953,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40156E

secondary

#71A43A

accent

#EB3D97

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40156E

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

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