#40208D#40208D

#40208D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.166 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40208D
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 141)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 77.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 42.21, -54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 69.14, 307.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% 0.0529 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.166 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4372, 4.0457, 25.5832)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40208D #6D8D20

analogous

#20368D #40208D #77208D

triadic

#40208D #8D4020 #208D40

tetradic

#40208D #8D2036 #6D8D20 #208D77

square

#40208D #8D2036 #6D8D20 #208D77

split-complementary

#40208D #8D7720 #368D20

monochromatic

#130929 #29155B #40208D #572BBF #7850D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#40208D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#40208D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40208D

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40208D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40208D	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40208d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.166 288.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40208d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.615,
    "s": 63.006,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36221,
    "c": 0.16611,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40208D

secondary

#9BBA4E

accent

#E642B6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40208D

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

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