#40208E#40208E

#40208E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.167 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40208E
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.92, 42.50, -55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.92, 69.68, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.0526 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.167 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5119, 4.0756, 25.9768)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40208E #6E8E20

analogous

#20378E #40208E #77208E

triadic

#40208E #8E4020 #208E40

tetradic

#40208E #8E2037 #6E8E20 #208E77

square

#40208E #8E2037 #6E8E20 #208E77

split-complementary

#40208E #8E7720 #378E20

monochromatic

#13092A #29155C #40208E #572BC0 #7851D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#40208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#40208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40208E

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40208E	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.167 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5fb0',
    500: '#40208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40208e;
$custom-light: #7e5fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.455,
    "s": 63.218,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3632,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40208E

secondary

#9BBB4F

accent

#E642B6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40208E

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

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