#40198E#40198E

#40198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.174 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40198E
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(260, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 45.77, -57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 73.17, 308.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0578 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.174 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3430, 3.7379, 25.9205)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40198E #678E19

analogous

#192C8E #40198E #7A198E

triadic

#40198E #8E4019 #198E40

tetradic

#40198E #8E192C #678E19 #198E7A

square

#40198E #8E192C #678E19 #198E7A

split-complementary

#40198E #8E7A19 #2C8E19

monochromatic

#110726 #29105A #40198E #5722C2 #7743DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#40198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#40198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40198E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40198E	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.174 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5cb0',
    500: '#40198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40198e;
$custom-light: #7f5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35529,
    "c": 0.17405,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40198E

secondary

#96BF44

accent

#ED3BB2

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40198E

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

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