#40167E#40167E

#40167E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.159 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40167E
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 126)
HSL	hsl(264, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(264, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 82.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 42.66, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 66.06, 310.23°)
OKLab	oklab(33.6% 0.0654 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(33.6% 0.159 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1661, 3.1700, 20.0216)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40167E #547E16

analogous

#16207E #40167E #74167E

triadic

#40167E #7E4016 #167E40

tetradic

#40167E #7E1620 #547E16 #167E74

square

#40167E #7E1620 #547E16 #167E74

split-complementary

#40167E #7E7416 #207E16

monochromatic

#0D051A #260D4A #40167E #5A1FB2 #7733DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#40167E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#40167E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40167E

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40167E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40167E	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00307C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40167e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.159 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c59a4',
    500: '#40167e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40167e;
$custom-light: #7c59a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40167e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33601,
    "c": 0.15881,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40167E

secondary

#83B33D

accent

#ED3BA5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40167E

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

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