#40208B#40208B

#40208B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.164 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40208B
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 139)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 77%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 41.63, -53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 68.05, 307.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.03% 0.0535 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(36.03% 0.164 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2897, 3.9868, 24.8065)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40208B #6B8B20

analogous

#20358B #40208B #75208B

triadic

#40208B #8B4020 #208B40

tetradic

#40208B #8B2035 #6B8B20 #208B75

square

#40208B #8B2035 #6B8B20 #208B75

split-complementary

#40208B #8B7520 #358B20

monochromatic

#120928 #291559 #40208B #572BBD #774FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#40208B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#40208B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40208B

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40208B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40208B	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40208b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.164 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d5fae',
    500: '#40208b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40208b;
$custom-light: #7d5fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40208b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.944,
    "s": 62.573,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36025,
    "c": 0.16372,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40208B

secondary

#99BA4D

accent

#E642B5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40208B

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

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