#40197F#40197F

#40197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.157 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40197F
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(263, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(263, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.27, 41.60, -50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.27, 65.16, 309.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.02% 0.0627 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(34.02% 0.157 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.2917, 3.3174, 20.3834)
Luminance	0.0332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40197F #587F19

analogous

#19257F #40197F #73197F

triadic

#40197F #7F4019 #197F40

tetradic

#40197F #7F1925 #587F19 #197F73

square

#40197F #7F1925 #587F19 #197F73

split-complementary

#40197F #7F7319 #257F19

monochromatic

#0D051A #260F4C #40197F #5A23B2 #773AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.62

#40197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#40197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40197F

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40197F	1.00	12.62	1.66	12.62
#FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00317D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.157 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5ba5',
    500: '#40197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40197f;
$custom-light: #7c5ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34021,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40197F

secondary

#87B341

accent

#EA3EA8

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40197F

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

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