#40186A#40186A

#40186A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.134 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40186A
RGB	rgb(64, 24, 106)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 77.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.16, 36.33, -40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.16, 54.11, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(31.94% 0.0695 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(31.94% 0.134 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.0419, 2.7838, 13.9046)
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

#40186A #426A18

analogous

#18196A #40186A #69186A

triadic

#40186A #6A4018 #186A40

tetradic

#40186A #6A1819 #426A18 #186A69

square

#40186A #6A1819 #426A18 #186A69

split-complementary

#40186A #6A6918 #196A18

monochromatic

#0F0619 #220D38 #40186A #5E239C #7C2FCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.49

#40186A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#40186A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40186A

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40186A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40186A	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)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#372D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40186a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 24, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.134 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795995',
    500: '#40186a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40186a;
$custom-light: #795995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40186a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.268,
    "s": 63.077,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31935,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40186A

secondary

#70A03E

accent

#E64296

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40186A

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

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