#40207C#40207C

#40207C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.146 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40207C
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 124)
HSL	hsl(261, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(261, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 74.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 37.25, -46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 59.72, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% 0.0572 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.146 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2679, 3.5780, 19.4253)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40207C #5C7C20

analogous

#202E7C #40207C #6E207C

triadic

#40207C #7C4020 #207C40

tetradic

#40207C #7C202E #5C7C20 #207C6E

square

#40207C #7C202E #5C7C20 #207C6E

split-complementary

#40207C #7C6E20 #2E7C20

monochromatic

#0E071B #27134B #40207C #592DAD #7647CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#40207C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#40207C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40207C

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40207C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40207C	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40207c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.146 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5ea3',
    500: '#40207c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40207c;
$custom-light: #7b5ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40207c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 58.974,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34604,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40207C

secondary

#8BAF49

accent

#E246AC

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40207C

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

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