#40157E#40157E

#40157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.160 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#40157E
RGBrgb(64, 21, 126)
HSLhsl(265, 71%, 29%)
HSVhsv(265, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(49.2%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(20.57, 43.09, -50.67)
CIE-LCHlch(20.57, 66.51, 310.37°)
OKLaboklab(33.5% 0.0662 -0.1454)
OKLCHoklch(33.5% 0.16 294.5)
XYZxyz(6.1474, 3.1325, 20.0154)
Luminance0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyviolet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#40157E #537E15
analogous
#151F7E #40157E #75157E
triadic
#40157E #7E4015 #157E40
tetradic
#40157E #7E151F #537E15 #157E75
square
#40157E #7E151F #537E15 #157E75
split-complementary
#40157E #7E7515 #1F7E15
monochromatic
#0D041A #250C4A #40157E #5B1EB2 #7731DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91
#40157E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63
#40157E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40157E
12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##40157E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##40157E1.0012.911.6312.91
#FFFFFF12.911.0021.001.00
#0000001.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.911.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003281
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00307C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#2D344A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #40157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.160 294.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c59a4',
    500: '#40157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #40157e;
$custom-light: #7c59a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#40157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.335,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#40157E
secondary
#82B33C
accent
#EE3AA4
background
#F8F5FA
surface
#EFE9F4
border
#CAC5CE
text
#0A040F
muted
#7C797F

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#40157E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva