#40209A#40209A

#40209A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.181 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40209A
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 154)
HSL	hsl(256, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 79.2%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 46.00, -60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 76.11, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.53% 0.0491 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(37.53% 0.181 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4618, 4.4556, 30.9797)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40209A #7A9A20

analogous

#203D9A #40209A #7D209A

triadic

#40209A #9A4020 #209A40

tetradic

#40209A #9A203D #7A9A20 #209A7D

square

#40209A #9A203D #7A9A20 #209A7D

split-complementary

#40209A #9A7D20 #3D9A20

monochromatic

#160B35 #2B1567 #40209A #552BCD #7B58DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#40209A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#40209A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40209A

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40209A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40209A	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40209a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.181 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060b9',
    500: '#40209a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40209a;
$custom-light: #8060b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40209a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.738,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37525,
    "c": 0.18144,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40209A

secondary

#A4C056

accent

#E93FBC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40209A

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

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