#40176E#40176E

#40176E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.140 H 299.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40176E
RGB	rgb(64, 23, 110)
HSL	hsl(268, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 79.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.34, 37.89, -42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.34, 56.86, 311.78°)
OKLab	oklab(32.18% 0.0695 -0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(32.18% 0.14 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2345, 2.8285, 15.0190)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40176E #456E17

analogous

#17196E #40176E #6B176E

triadic

#40176E #6E4017 #176E40

tetradic

#40176E #6E1719 #456E17 #176E6B

square

#40176E #6E1719 #456E17 #176E6B

split-complementary

#40176E #6E6B17 #196E17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #230C3B #40176E #5D22A1 #7B2CD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.41

#40176E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#40176E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40176E

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40176E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40176E	1.00	13.41	1.57	13.41
#FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40176e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 23, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.140 299.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40176e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.276,
    "s": 65.414,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32178,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40176E

secondary

#73A43D

accent

#E83F99

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40176E

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

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