#40196C#40196C

#40196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.135 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40196C
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(268, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.7%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.51, 36.38, -40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.51, 54.69, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(32.24% 0.068 -0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(32.24% 0.135 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1681, 2.8679, 14.4657)
Luminance	0.0287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40196C #456C19

analogous

#191B6C #40196C #69196C

triadic

#40196C #6C4019 #196C40

tetradic

#40196C #6C191B #456C19 #196C69

square

#40196C #6C191B #456C19 #196C69

split-complementary

#40196C #6C6919 #1B6C19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #230D3A #40196C #5D259E #7B30CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.35

#40196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#40196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40196C

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40196C	1.00	13.35	1.57	13.35
#FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#362E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.135 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5a97',
    500: '#40196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40196c;
$custom-light: #7a5a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.193,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32238,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40196C

secondary

#73A13F

accent

#E54299

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40196C

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

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