#40165A#40165A

#40165A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.118 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40165A
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 90)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 75.6%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.47, 33.15, -32.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.47, 46.26, 315.78°)
OKLab	oklab(30.32% 0.0748 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(30.32% 0.118 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.2464, 2.4021, 9.9108)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40165A #305A16

analogous

#1E165A #40165A #5A1652

triadic

#40165A #5A4016 #165A40

tetradic

#40165A #5A1E16 #305A16 #16525A

square

#40165A #5A1E16 #305A16 #16525A

split-complementary

#40165A #525A16 #165A1E

monochromatic

#110619 #1D0A29 #40165A #63228B #862EBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#40165A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#40165A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40165A

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40165A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40165A	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082B59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2536

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40165a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.118 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785789',
    500: '#40165a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40165a;
$custom-light: #785789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40165a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.059,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30319,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40165A

secondary

#5C913B

accent

#E44481

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40165A

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

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