#40165C#40165C

#40165C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.120 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40165C
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 92)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(276, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 76.1%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.63, 33.66, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.63, 47.37, 315.27°)
OKLab	oklab(30.48% 0.0745 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(30.48% 0.12 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3326, 2.4366, 10.3652)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40165C #325C16

analogous

#1D165C #40165C #5C1655

triadic

#40165C #5C4016 #165C40

tetradic

#40165C #5C1D16 #325C16 #16555C

square

#40165C #5C1D16 #325C16 #16555C

split-complementary

#40165C #555C16 #165C1D

monochromatic

#110619 #1E0A2B #40165C #62228D #852EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.12

#40165C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#40165C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40165C

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40165C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40165C	1.00	14.12	1.49	14.12
#FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40165c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.120 308.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40165c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30483,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40165C

secondary

#5E933B

accent

#E54384

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40165C

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

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