#40195E#40195E

#40195E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.118 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40195E
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 94)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 73.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.34, 32.64, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.34, 46.79, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% 0.0706 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.118 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4819, 2.5934, 10.8520)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40195E #375E19

analogous

#1D195E #40195E #5E1959

triadic

#40195E #5E4019 #195E40

tetradic

#40195E #5E1D19 #375E19 #19595E

square

#40195E #5E1D19 #375E19 #19595E

split-complementary

#40195E #595E19 #195E1D

monochromatic

#100618 #1F0C2E #40195E #61268E #8233BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#40195E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#40195E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40195E

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40195E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40195E	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#062D5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40195e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.118 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78598c',
    500: '#40195e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40195e;
$custom-light: #78598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40195e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31038,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40195E

secondary

#64943F

accent

#E1478A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40195E

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

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