#40168F#40168F

#40168F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.178 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40168F
RGB	rgb(64, 22, 143)
HSL	hsl(261, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 84.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 47.29, -58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 75.01, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0593 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.178 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3577, 3.6466, 26.2975)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40168F #658F16

analogous

#16298F #40168F #7C168F

triadic

#40168F #8F4016 #168F40

tetradic

#40168F #8F1629 #658F16 #168F7C

square

#40168F #8F1629 #658F16 #168F7C

split-complementary

#40168F #8F7C16 #298F16

monochromatic

#110625 #280E5A #40168F #581EC4 #773EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#40168F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#40168F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40168F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40168F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40168F	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40168f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 22, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.178 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5ab1',
    500: '#40168f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40168f;
$custom-light: #7f5ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40168f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.826,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35341,
    "c": 0.17769,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40168F

secondary

#94C13F

accent

#F038B0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40168F

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

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