#40176D#40176D

#40176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.139 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40176D
RGB	rgb(64, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(269, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.25, 37.62, -41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.25, 56.31, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(32.09% 0.0697 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(32.09% 0.139 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1804, 2.8069, 14.7339)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40176D #446D17

analogous

#17196D #40176D #6B176D

triadic

#40176D #6D4017 #176D40

tetradic

#40176D #6D1719 #446D17 #176D6B

square

#40176D #6D1719 #446D17 #176D6B

split-complementary

#40176D #6D6B17 #196D17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #220C3A #40176D #5E22A0 #7B2CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#40176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#40176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40176D

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40176D	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.139 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5998',
    500: '#40176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40176d;
$custom-light: #7a5998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.605,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32086,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40176D

secondary

#72A33D

accent

#E84098

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40176D

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

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