#40175A#40175A

#40175A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.117 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40175A
RGB	rgb(64, 23, 90)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.65, 32.65, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.65, 45.69, 315.60°)
OKLab	oklab(30.45% 0.0736 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(30.45% 0.117 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2658, 2.4410, 9.9173)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40175A #315A17

analogous

#1E175A #40175A #5A1753

triadic

#40175A #5A4017 #175A40

tetradic

#40175A #5A1E17 #315A17 #17535A

square

#40175A #5A1E17 #315A17 #17535A

split-complementary

#40175A #535A17 #175A1E

monochromatic

#110618 #1D0B29 #40175A #63238B #8530BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#40175A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#40175A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40175A

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40175A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40175A	1.00	14.11	1.49	14.11
#FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A2C59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2636

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40175a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 23, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.117 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785889',
    500: '#40175a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40175a;
$custom-light: #785889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40175a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.716,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30447,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40175A

secondary

#5D913C

accent

#E24582

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40175A

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

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