#40196B#40196B

#40196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.134 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40196B
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.42, 36.11, -40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.42, 54.13, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(32.15% 0.0682 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(32.15% 0.134 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1152, 2.8467, 14.1871)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40196B #446B19

analogous

#191B6B #40196B #69196B

triadic

#40196B #6B4019 #196B40

tetradic

#40196B #6B191B #446B19 #196B69

square

#40196B #6B191B #446B19 #196B69

split-complementary

#40196B #6B6919 #1B6B19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #220D39 #40196B #5E259D #7B30CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#40196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#40196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40196B

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40196B	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.134 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795a96',
    500: '#40196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40196b;
$custom-light: #795a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.537,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32148,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40196B

secondary

#72A13F

accent

#E54398

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40196B

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

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