#40156F#40156F

#40156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.143 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40156F
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.12, 39.07, -43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.12, 58.41, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(32.05% 0.0711 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(32.05% 0.143 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2510, 2.7740, 15.2946)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40156F #446F15

analogous

#15176F #40156F #6D156F

triadic

#40156F #6F4015 #156F40

tetradic

#40156F #6F1517 #446F15 #156F6D

square

#40156F #6F1517 #446F15 #156F6D

split-complementary

#40156F #6F6D15 #176F15

monochromatic

#0F051A #220B3C #40156F #5E1FA2 #7B28D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.51

#40156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#40156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40156F

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40156F	1.00	13.51	1.55	13.51
#FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.143 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5899',
    500: '#40156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40156f;
$custom-light: #7a5899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32046,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40156F

secondary

#72A53A

accent

#EB3D98

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40156F

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

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