#40165E#40165E

#40165E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.123 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40165E
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 94)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.79, 34.17, -34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.79, 48.49, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(30.65% 0.0741 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(30.65% 0.123 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.4212, 2.4720, 10.8317)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40165E #345E16

analogous

#1C165E #40165E #5E1658

triadic

#40165E #5E4016 #165E40

tetradic

#40165E #5E1C16 #345E16 #16585E

square

#40165E #5E1C16 #345E16 #16585E

split-complementary

#40165E #585E16 #165E1C

monochromatic

#110619 #1E0A2C #40165E #622290 #842DC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#40165E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#40165E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40165E

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40165E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40165E	1.00	14.05	1.49	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40165e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.123 307.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40165e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3065,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40165E

secondary

#60953B

accent

#E54386

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40165E

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

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