#40157F#40157F

#40157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.161 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40157F
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(264, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(264, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.67, 43.36, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.67, 67.05, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.6% 0.0658 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(33.6% 0.161 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2122, 3.1584, 20.3569)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40157F #547F15

analogous

#151F7F #40157F #75157F

triadic

#40157F #7F4015 #157F40

tetradic

#40157F #7F151F #547F15 #157F75

square

#40157F #7F151F #547F15 #157F75

split-complementary

#40157F #7F7515 #1F7F15

monochromatic

#0D041A #260C4A #40157F #5A1EB4 #7731DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#40157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#40157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40157F

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40157F	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.161 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c59a5',
    500: '#40157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40157f;
$custom-light: #7c59a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.34,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33601,
    "c": 0.16086,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40157F

secondary

#83B43C

accent

#EE39A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40157F

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

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