#40167B#40167B

#40167B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.155 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40167B
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 123)
HSL	hsl(265, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 82.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.42, 41.85, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.42, 64.45, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% 0.0664 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.155 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9754, 3.0937, 19.0174)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40167B #517B16

analogous

#161F7B #40167B #72167B

triadic

#40167B #7B4016 #167B40

tetradic

#40167B #7B161F #517B16 #167B72

square

#40167B #7B161F #517B16 #167B72

split-complementary

#40167B #7B7216 #1F7B16

monochromatic

#0E051A #250D47 #40167B #5B1FAF #7731DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#40167B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#40167B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40167B

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40167B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40167B	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40167b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.155 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c59a2',
    500: '#40167b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40167b;
$custom-light: #7c59a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40167b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.95,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33305,
    "c": 0.15545,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40167B

secondary

#80B03D

accent

#EC3BA3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40167B

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

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