#40208F#40208F

#40208F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.168 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40208F
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 78%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 77.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.02, 42.80, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.02, 70.22, 307.55°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0524 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.168 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5873, 4.1058, 26.3740)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40208F #6F8F20

analogous

#20388F #40208F #78208F

triadic

#40208F #8F4020 #208F40

tetradic

#40208F #8F2038 #6F8F20 #208F78

square

#40208F #8F2038 #6F8F20 #208F78

split-complementary

#40208F #8F7820 #388F20

monochromatic

#130A2B #2A155D #40208F #562BC1 #7851D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#40208F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#40208F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40208F

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40208F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40208F	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#203F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40208f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.168 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5fb1',
    500: '#40208f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40208f;
$custom-light: #7e5fb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40208f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.297,
    "s": 63.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36418,
    "c": 0.16849,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40208F

secondary

#9CBB4F

accent

#E641B7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40208F

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

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