#40206E#40206E

#40206E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.128 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40206E
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 110)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 70.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.01, 33.20, -39.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.01, 51.74, 309.92°)
OKLab	oklab(33.36% 0.0599 -0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(33.36% 0.128 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4446, 3.2487, 15.0890)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40206E #4E6E20

analogous

#20276E #40206E #67206E

triadic

#40206E #6E4020 #206E40

tetradic

#40206E #6E2027 #4E6E20 #206E67

square

#40206E #6E2027 #4E6E20 #206E67

split-complementary

#40206E #6E6720 #276E20

monochromatic

#0E0718 #24123F #40206E #5C2E9D #7841C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.73

#40206E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#40206E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40206E

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40206E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40206E	1.00	12.73	1.65	12.73
#FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353244

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40206e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.128 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795e98',
    500: '#40206e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40206e;
$custom-light: #795e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40206e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.615,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33363,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40206E

secondary

#7DA248

accent

#DE4AA1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09040E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40206E

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

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