#40196E#40196E

#40196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.137 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40196E
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(268, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.68, 36.92, -41.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.68, 55.80, 311.42°)
OKLab	oklab(32.42% 0.0675 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(32.42% 0.137 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2757, 2.9110, 15.0327)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40196E #476E19

analogous

#191D6E #40196E #6B196E

triadic

#40196E #6E4019 #196E40

tetradic

#40196E #6E191D #476E19 #196E6B

square

#40196E #6E191D #476E19 #196E6B

split-complementary

#40196E #6E6B19 #1D6E19

monochromatic

#0F0619 #230E3C #40196E #5D24A0 #7A31D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#40196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#40196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40196E

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40196E	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.137 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5a98',
    500: '#40196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40196e;
$custom-light: #7a5a98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.529,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32417,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40196E

secondary

#76A33F

accent

#E6429B

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40196E

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

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