#40176A#40176A

#40176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.135 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40176A
RGB	rgb(64, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.99, 36.82, -40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.99, 54.64, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(31.81% 0.0705 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(31.81% 0.135 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.0216, 2.7434, 13.8978)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40176A #416A17

analogous

#17176A #40176A #6A176A

triadic

#40176A #6A4017 #176A40

tetradic

#40176A #6A1717 #416A17 #176A6A

square

#40176A #6A1717 #416A17 #176A6A

split-complementary

#40176A #6A6A17 #176A17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #220C38 #40176A #5E229C #7D2DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#40176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#40176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40176A

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40176A	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#372C3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.135 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795995',
    500: '#40176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40176a;
$custom-light: #795995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.639,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31814,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40176A

secondary

#6FA03D

accent

#E74095

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40176A

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

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