#40168D#40168D

#40168D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.175 H 290.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40168D
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 84.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 46.74, -57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 73.97, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.06 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.175 290)
XYZ	xyz(7.2076, 3.5866, 25.5066)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40168D #638D16

analogous

#16288D #40168D #7B168D

triadic

#40168D #8D4016 #168D40

tetradic

#40168D #8D1628 #638D16 #168D7B

square

#40168D #8D1628 #638D16 #168D7B

split-complementary

#40168D #8D7B16 #288D16

monochromatic

#100523 #280E58 #40168D #581EC2 #773DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#40168D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#40168D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40168D

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40168D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40168D	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00328B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40168d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.175 290.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5aaf',
    500: '#40168d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40168d;
$custom-light: #7f5aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40168d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35132,
    "c": 0.17548,
    "h": 290
  },
  "luminance": 0.03587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40168D

secondary

#93C13E

accent

#F038AF

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40168D

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

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