#40165B#40165B

#40165B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.119 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40165B
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 91)
HSL	hsl(277, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(277, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 75.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.55, 33.40, -32.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.55, 46.82, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(30.4% 0.0746 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(30.4% 0.119 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2892, 2.4192, 10.1365)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40165B #315B16

analogous

#1E165B #40165B #5B1654

triadic

#40165B #5B4016 #165B40

tetradic

#40165B #5B1E16 #315B16 #16545B

square

#40165B #5B1E16 #315B16 #16545B

split-complementary

#40165B #545B16 #165B1E

monochromatic

#110619 #1D0A2A #40165B #63228C #852EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.15

#40165B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#40165B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40165B

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40165B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40165B	1.00	14.15	1.48	14.15
#FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40165b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.119 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78578a',
    500: '#40165b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40165b;
$custom-light: #78578a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40165b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.522,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30401,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40165B

secondary

#5D923B

accent

#E44482

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40165B

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

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