#40199E#40199E

#40199E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.192 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40199E
RGB	rgb(64, 25, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(258, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 84.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.49, 50.21, -64.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.49, 81.45, 308.06°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.052 -0.1848)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.192 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.6317, 4.2533, 32.7073)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40199E #779E19

analogous

#19349E #40199E #82199E

triadic

#40199E #9E4019 #199E40

tetradic

#40199E #9E1934 #779E19 #199E82

square

#40199E #9E1934 #779E19 #199E82

split-complementary

#40199E #9E8219 #349E19

monochromatic

#150834 #2B1169 #40199E #5521D3 #7A4EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#40199E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#40199E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40199E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40199E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40199E	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00369C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40199e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 25, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.192 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815dbc',
    500: '#40199e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40199e;
$custom-light: #815dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40199e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.594,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37214,
    "c": 0.19195,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40199E

secondary

#A2C54E

accent

#EF38BA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40199E

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

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