#40205B#40205B

#40205B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.104 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40205B
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 91)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 64.8%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.55, 27.90, -29.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.55, 40.66, 313.33°)
OKLab	oklab(31.84% 0.0616 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(31.84% 0.104 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5188, 2.8784, 10.2130)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40205B #3B5B20

analogous

#23205B #40205B #5B2059

triadic

#40205B #5B4020 #205B40

tetradic

#40205B #5B2320 #3B5B20 #20595B

square

#40205B #5B2320 #3B5B20 #20595B

split-complementary

#40205B #595B20 #205B23

monochromatic

#100817 #20102E #40205B #603088 #8040B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#40205B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#40205B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40205B

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40205B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40205B	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052E5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15305A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40205b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.104 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775d8a',
    500: '#40205b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40205b;
$custom-light: #775d8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40205b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.542,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31842,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40205B

secondary

#688F47

accent

#D8508E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40205B

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

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