#40205C#40205C

#40205C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.105 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40205C
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 92)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 65.2%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.62, 28.17, -30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.62, 41.25, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(31.92% 0.0615 -0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(31.92% 0.105 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5622, 2.8958, 10.4417)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 7.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40205C #3C5C20

analogous

#22205C #40205C #5C205A

triadic

#40205C #5C4020 #205C40

tetradic

#40205C #5C2220 #3C5C20 #205A5C

square

#40205C #5C2220 #3C5C20 #205A5C

split-complementary

#40205C #5A5C20 #205C22

monochromatic

#100817 #20102F #40205C #603089 #7F40B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.30

#40205C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#40205C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40205C

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40205C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40205C	1.00	13.30	1.58	13.30
#FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14305B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40205c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.105 305.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40205c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31917,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40205C

secondary

#699047

accent

#D8508F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40205C

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

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