#40168E#40168E

#40168E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.177 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40168E
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 84.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.36, 47.02, -57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.36, 74.49, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.24% 0.0597 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(35.24% 0.177 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2823, 3.6165, 25.9003)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40168E #648E16

analogous

#16288E #40168E #7C168E

triadic

#40168E #8E4016 #168E40

tetradic

#40168E #8E1628 #648E16 #168E7C

square

#40168E #8E1628 #648E16 #168E7C

split-complementary

#40168E #8E7C16 #288E16

monochromatic

#100624 #280E59 #40168E #581EC3 #773DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#40168E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#40168E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40168E

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40168E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40168E	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40168e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.177 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5ab0',
    500: '#40168e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40168e;
$custom-light: #7f5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40168e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35236,
    "c": 0.17658,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40168E

secondary

#93C13F

accent

#F038AF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40168E

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

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