#40165F#40165F

#40165F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.124 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40165F
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 95)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.87, 34.42, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.87, 49.05, 314.57°)
OKLab	oklab(30.73% 0.0739 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(30.73% 0.124 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.4664, 2.4901, 11.0696)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40165F #355F16

analogous

#1C165F #40165F #5F1659

triadic

#40165F #5F4016 #165F40

tetradic

#40165F #5F1C16 #355F16 #16595F

square

#40165F #5F1C16 #355F16 #16595F

split-complementary

#40165F #595F16 #165F1C

monochromatic

#110619 #1F0A2D #40165F #612291 #832DC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.02

#40165F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#40165F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40165F

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40165F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40165F	1.00	14.02	1.50	14.02
#FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40165f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.124 306.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40165f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.521,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30734,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40165F

secondary

#62963B

accent

#E54288

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40165F

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

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