#40195B#40195B

#40195B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.115 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40195B
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 91)
HSL	hsl(275, 57%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.10, 31.86, -31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.10, 45.09, 314.96°)
OKLab	oklab(30.8% 0.071 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(30.8% 0.115 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.3499, 2.5406, 10.1567)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40195B #345B19

analogous

#1F195B #40195B #5B1955

triadic

#40195B #5B4019 #195B40

tetradic

#40195B #5B1F19 #345B19 #19555B

square

#40195B #5B1F19 #345B19 #19555B

split-complementary

#40195B #555B19 #195B1F

monochromatic

#110718 #1E0C2B #40195B #62268B #8433BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.92

#40195B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#40195B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40195B

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40195B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40195B	1.00	13.92	1.51	13.92
#FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B2D5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2737

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40195b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.115 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78598a',
    500: '#40195b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40195b;
$custom-light: #78598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40195b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30795,
    "c": 0.11487,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40195B

secondary

#60913F

accent

#E04886

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40195B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →