#40177A#40177A

#40177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.153 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40177A
RGB	rgb(64, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.47, 41.14, -48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.47, 63.43, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(33.31% 0.066 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(33.31% 0.153 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9327, 3.1078, 18.6959)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40177A #517A17

analogous

#17207A #40177A #71177A

triadic

#40177A #7A4017 #177A40

tetradic

#40177A #7A1720 #517A17 #177A71

square

#40177A #7A1720 #517A17 #177A71

split-complementary

#40177A #7A7117 #207A17

monochromatic

#0E051A #250D47 #40177A #5B21AD #7733D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.95

#40177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#40177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40177A

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40177A	1.00	12.95	1.62	12.95
#FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.153 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5aa1',
    500: '#40177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40177a;
$custom-light: #7c5aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.848,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33313,
    "c": 0.15332,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40177A

secondary

#80AF3E

accent

#EB3DA3

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40177A

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

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