#40209C#40209C

#40209C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.184 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40209C
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 79.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 46.58, -61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 77.17, 307.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0485 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.184 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6298, 4.5228, 31.8643)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40209C #7C9C20

analogous

#203E9C #40209C #7E209C

triadic

#40209C #9C4020 #209C40

tetradic

#40209C #9C203E #7C9C20 #209C7E

square

#40209C #9C203E #7C9C20 #209C7E

split-complementary

#40209C #9C7E20 #3E9C20

monochromatic

#160B36 #2B1669 #40209C #552ACF #7B59DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#40209C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#40209C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40209C

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40209C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40209C	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40209c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.184 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8060ba',
    500: '#40209c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40209c;
$custom-light: #8060ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40209c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.484,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3773,
    "c": 0.18376,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40209C

secondary

#A6C157

accent

#E93FBD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40209C

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

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