#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
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(265, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.57, 43.09, -50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.57, 66.51, 310.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.5% 0.0662 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(33.5% 0.16 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1474, 3.1325, 20.0154)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

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
##40157E	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #40157E

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

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