#40195A#40195A

#40195A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.114 H 308.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40195A
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 90)
HSL	hsl(276, 57%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(276, 72%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 72.2%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.02, 31.60, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.02, 44.52, 315.22°)
OKLab	oklab(30.72% 0.0711 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(30.72% 0.114 308.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3071, 2.5235, 9.9311)
Luminance	0.0252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40195A #335A19

analogous

#1F195A #40195A #5A1954

triadic

#40195A #5A4019 #195A40

tetradic

#40195A #5A1F19 #335A19 #19545A

square

#40195A #5A1F19 #335A19 #19545A

split-complementary

#40195A #545A19 #195A1F

monochromatic

#110718 #1E0C2A #40195A #62268A #8434BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.96

#40195A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#40195A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40195A

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40195A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40195A	1.00	13.96	1.50	13.96
#FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40195a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.114 308.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785989',
    500: '#40195a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40195a;
$custom-light: #785989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40195a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30716,
    "c": 0.11369,
    "h": 308.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40195A

secondary

#5F903E

accent

#E04885

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40195A

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

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