#40197A#40197A

#40197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.151 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40197A
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(264, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(264, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.79, 40.22, -47.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.79, 62.44, 310.10°)
OKLab	oklab(33.54% 0.0643 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(33.54% 0.151 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9739, 3.1902, 18.7096)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40197A #537A19

analogous

#19237A #40197A #71197A

triadic

#40197A #7A4019 #197A40

tetradic

#40197A #7A1923 #537A19 #197A71

square

#40197A #7A1923 #537A19 #197A71

split-complementary

#40197A #7A7119 #237A19

monochromatic

#0D0519 #250F47 #40197A #5B23AD #7737D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#40197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#40197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40197A

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40197A	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003078

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.151 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5ba1',
    500: '#40197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40197a;
$custom-light: #7b5ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.124,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33536,
    "c": 0.15122,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40197A

secondary

#82AF40

accent

#E93FA5

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40197A

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

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