#40208A#40208A

#40208A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.163 H 289.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40208A
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 76.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 41.33, -53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 67.50, 307.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.0537 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.163 289.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2170, 3.9577, 24.4235)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40208A #6A8A20

analogous

#20358A #40208A #75208A

triadic

#40208A #8A4020 #208A40

tetradic

#40208A #8A2035 #6A8A20 #208A75

square

#40208A #8A2035 #6A8A20 #208A75

split-complementary

#40208A #8A7520 #358A20

monochromatic

#120927 #291458 #40208A #572CBC #774ED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#40208A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#40208A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40208A

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40208A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40208A	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40208a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.163 289.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5fad',
    500: '#40208a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40208a;
$custom-light: #7d5fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40208a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.113,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35928,
    "c": 0.16252,
    "h": 289.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40208A

secondary

#98B94D

accent

#E542B4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40208A

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

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