#40207E#40207E

#40207E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.148 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40207E
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 126)
HSL	hsl(260, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 74.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 37.83, -47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 60.85, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0568 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.148 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3957, 3.6292, 20.0981)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40207E #5E7E20

analogous

#202F7E #40207E #6F207E

triadic

#40207E #7E4020 #207E40

tetradic

#40207E #7E202F #5E7E20 #207E6F

square

#40207E #7E202F #5E7E20 #207E6F

split-complementary

#40207E #7E6F20 #2F7E20

monochromatic

#0E071C #27144D #40207E #592CAF #7648D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#40207E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#40207E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40207E

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40207E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40207E	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40207e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.148 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fa4',
    500: '#40207e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40207e;
$custom-light: #7b5fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40207e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.426,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34789,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40207E

secondary

#8DB149

accent

#E345AD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40207E

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

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