#40176F#40176F

#40176F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.141 H 299.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40176F
RGB	rgb(64, 23, 111)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(268, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 79.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.43, 38.16, -42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.43, 57.41, 311.65°)
OKLab	oklab(32.27% 0.0692 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(32.27% 0.141 299.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2893, 2.8504, 15.3074)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40176F #466F17

analogous

#171A6F #40176F #6C176F

triadic

#40176F #6F4017 #176F40

tetradic

#40176F #6F171A #466F17 #176F6C

square

#40176F #6F171A #466F17 #176F6C

split-complementary

#40176F #6F6C17 #1A6F17

monochromatic

#0F0519 #230C3C #40176F #5D22A2 #7B2DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#40176F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#40176F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40176F

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40176F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40176F	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40176f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 23, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.141 299.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5999',
    500: '#40176f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40176f;
$custom-light: #7a5999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40176f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.955,
    "s": 65.672,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3227,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 299.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40176F

secondary

#74A53D

accent

#E93F9A

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40176F

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

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