#40175C#40175C

#40175C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.119 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40175C
RGB	rgb(64, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.81, 33.15, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.81, 46.81, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(30.61% 0.0733 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(30.61% 0.119 308)
XYZ	xyz(4.3521, 2.4756, 10.3717)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40175C #335C17

analogous

#1D175C #40175C #5C1756

triadic

#40175C #5C4017 #175C40

tetradic

#40175C #5C1D17 #335C17 #17565C

square

#40175C #5C1D17 #335C17 #17565C

split-complementary

#40175C #565C17 #175C1D

monochromatic

#110618 #1E0B2B #40175C #62238D #842FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#40175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#40175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40175C

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40175C	1.00	14.05	1.50	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062C5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.119 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78588b',
    500: '#40175c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40175c;
$custom-light: #78588b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.652,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3061,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.02475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40175C

secondary

#5F933C

accent

#E34585

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40175C

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

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