#40176C#40176C

#40176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.137 H 300.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40176C
RGB	rgb(64, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.16, 37.35, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.16, 55.76, 312.06°)
OKLab	oklab(32% 0.07 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(32% 0.137 300.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.1269, 2.7854, 14.4520)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40176C #436C17

analogous

#17196C #40176C #6A176C

triadic

#40176C #6C4017 #176C40

tetradic

#40176C #6C1719 #436C17 #176C6A

square

#40176C #6C1719 #436C17 #176C6A

split-complementary

#40176C #6C6A17 #196C17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #220C3A #40176C #5E229E #7C2CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#40176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#40176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40176C

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40176C	1.00	13.49	1.56	13.49
#FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.137 300.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5997',
    500: '#40176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40176c;
$custom-light: #7a5997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.941,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31995,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 300.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40176C

secondary

#71A23D

accent

#E84097

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40176C

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

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