#40209F#40209F

#40209F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.187 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40209F
RGB	rgb(64, 32, 159)
HSL	hsl(255, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 79.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 47.45, -62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 78.75, 307.06°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0476 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.187 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8870, 4.6257, 33.2187)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40209F #7F9F20

analogous

#20409F #40209F #7F209F

triadic

#40209F #9F4020 #209F40

tetradic

#40209F #9F2040 #7F9F20 #209F7F

square

#40209F #9F2040 #7F9F20 #209F7F

split-complementary

#40209F #9F7F20 #409F20

monochromatic

#170B39 #2B166C #40209F #552AD2 #7C5BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#40209F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#40209F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40209F

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40209F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40209F	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40209f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 32, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.187 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8160bd',
    500: '#40209f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40209f;
$custom-light: #8160bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40209f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.118,
    "s": 66.492,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38039,
    "c": 0.18724,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40209F

secondary

#A8C259

accent

#E93EBE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40209F

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

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