#40205E#40205E

#40205E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.108 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40205E
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 94)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 66%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.77, 28.72, -31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.77, 42.42, 312.60°)
OKLab	oklab(32.07% 0.0615 -0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(32.07% 0.108 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6508, 2.9312, 10.9083)
Luminance	0.0293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40205E #3E5E20

analogous

#21205E #40205E #5E205D

triadic

#40205E #5E4020 #205E40

tetradic

#40205E #5E2120 #3E5E20 #205D5E

square

#40205E #5E2120 #3E5E20 #205D5E

split-complementary

#40205E #5D5E20 #205E21

monochromatic

#100817 #211030 #40205E #5F308C #7E3FB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.24

#40205E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#40205E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40205E

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40205E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40205E	1.00	13.24	1.59	13.24
#FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11305D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40205e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.108 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775d8c',
    500: '#40205e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40205e;
$custom-light: #775d8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40205e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.968,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32068,
    "c": 0.10763,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40205E

secondary

#6C9247

accent

#D94F92

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40205E

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

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