#40159F#40159F

#40159F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.196 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40159F
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 86.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.09, 51.99, -65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.09, 83.55, 308.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0536 -0.1884)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.196 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6386, 4.1290, 33.1359)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40159F #749F15

analogous

#152F9F #40159F #85159F

triadic

#40159F #9F4015 #159F40

tetradic

#40159F #9F152F #749F15 #159F85

square

#40159F #9F152F #749F15 #159F85

split-complementary

#40159F #9F8515 #2F9F15

monochromatic

#140733 #2A0E69 #40159F #561CD5 #7948E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#40159F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#40159F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40159F

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40159F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40159F	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00359D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40159f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.196 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825bbd',
    500: '#40159f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40159f;
$custom-light: #825bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40159f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.696,
    "s": 76.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36974,
    "c": 0.19589,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40159F

secondary

#A0C848

accent

#F335B8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0412

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40159F

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

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