#40205A#40205A

#40205A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.102 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40205A
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 90)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 64.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.48, 27.63, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.48, 40.07, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(31.77% 0.0616 -0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(31.77% 0.102 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.4759, 2.8612, 9.9874)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40205A #3A5A20

analogous

#23205A #40205A #5A2057

triadic

#40205A #5A4020 #205A40

tetradic

#40205A #5A2320 #3A5A20 #20575A

square

#40205A #5A2320 #3A5A20 #20575A

split-complementary

#40205A #575A20 #205A23

monochromatic

#100817 #20102D #40205A #603087 #8040B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#40205A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#40205A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40205A

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40205A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40205A	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2B39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40205a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.102 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775d89',
    500: '#40205a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40205a;
$custom-light: #775d89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40205a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31768,
    "c": 0.10248,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40205A

secondary

#678E47

accent

#D7518D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40205A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →