#40208C#40208C

#40208C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.165 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40208C
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 140)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 77.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 41.92, -54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 68.59, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% 0.0532 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.165 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3631, 4.0161, 25.1931)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40208C #6C8C20

analogous

#20368C #40208C #76208C

triadic

#40208C #8C4020 #208C40

tetradic

#40208C #8C2036 #6C8C20 #208C76

square

#40208C #8C2036 #6C8C20 #208C76

split-complementary

#40208C #8C7620 #368C20

monochromatic

#120928 #29155A #40208C #572BBE #7850D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#40208C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#40208C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40208C

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40208C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40208C	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40208c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.165 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5faf',
    500: '#40208c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40208c;
$custom-light: #7e5faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40208c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.778,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36123,
    "c": 0.16491,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40208C

secondary

#9ABA4E

accent

#E642B5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40208C

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

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