#40198D#40198D

#40198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.173 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40198D
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(260, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 45.50, -56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 72.64, 308.78°)
OKLab	oklab(35.43% 0.0581 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(35.43% 0.173 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2683, 3.7080, 25.5269)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40198D #668D19

analogous

#192C8D #40198D #7A198D

triadic

#40198D #8D4019 #198D40

tetradic

#40198D #8D192C #668D19 #198D7A

square

#40198D #8D192C #668D19 #198D7A

split-complementary

#40198D #8D7A19 #2C8D19

monochromatic

#110725 #281059 #40198D #5822C1 #7743DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#40198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#40198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40198D

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40198D	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00338B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.173 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5caf',
    500: '#40198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40198d;
$custom-light: #7e5caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.172,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35426,
    "c": 0.17292,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40198D

secondary

#95BF43

accent

#ED3BB1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40198D

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

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