#40196A#40196A

#40196A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.133 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40196A
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.33, 35.84, -39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.33, 53.57, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(32.06% 0.0684 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(32.06% 0.133 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.0629, 2.8258, 13.9116)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40196A #436A19

analogous

#191A6A #40196A #68196A

triadic

#40196A #6A4019 #196A40

tetradic

#40196A #6A191A #436A19 #196A68

square

#40196A #6A191A #436A19 #196A68

split-complementary

#40196A #6A6819 #1A6A19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #220D38 #40196A #5E259C #7C30CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.42

#40196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#40196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40196A

13.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40196A	1.00	13.42	1.57	13.42
#FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#372D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.133 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795a95',
    500: '#40196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40196a;
$custom-light: #795a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3206,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40196A

secondary

#71A03F

accent

#E54397

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40196A

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

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