#40196F#40196F

#40196F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.138 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40196F
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 111)
HSL	hsl(267, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(267, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 77.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.77, 37.19, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.77, 56.36, 311.29°)
OKLab	oklab(32.51% 0.0673 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(32.51% 0.138 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.3305, 2.9329, 15.3211)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40196F #486F19

analogous

#191D6F #40196F #6B196F

triadic

#40196F #6F4019 #196F40

tetradic

#40196F #6F191D #486F19 #196F6B

square

#40196F #6F191D #486F19 #196F6B

split-complementary

#40196F #6F6B19 #1D6F19

monochromatic

#0E0619 #230E3D #40196F #5D24A1 #7A32D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#40196F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#40196F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40196F

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40196F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40196F	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#352F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40196f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.138 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5a99',
    500: '#40196f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40196f;
$custom-light: #7a5a99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40196f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.209,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32508,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40196F

secondary

#77A43F

accent

#E6429C

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40196F

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

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