#40165D#40165D

#40165D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.121 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40165D
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 93)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 76.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.71, 33.91, -33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.71, 47.93, 315.03°)
OKLab	oklab(30.57% 0.0743 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(30.57% 0.121 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3766, 2.4542, 10.5969)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40165D #335D16

analogous

#1D165D #40165D #5D1656

triadic

#40165D #5D4016 #165D40

tetradic

#40165D #5D1D16 #335D16 #16565D

square

#40165D #5D1D16 #335D16 #16565D

split-complementary

#40165D #565D16 #165D1D

monochromatic

#110619 #1E0A2C #40165D #62228E #842DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.09

#40165D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#40165D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40165D

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40165D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40165D	1.00	14.09	1.49	14.09
#FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#032C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40165d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.121 307.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40165d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.493,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30566,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40165D

secondary

#5F943B

accent

#E54385

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40165D

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

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