#40217A#40217A

#40217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.142 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40217A
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.24, 36.12, -45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.24, 58.00, 308.51°)
OKLab	oklab(34.56% 0.0566 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(34.56% 0.142 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.1701, 3.5827, 18.7750)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40217A #5B7A21

analogous

#212E7A #40217A #6C217A

triadic

#40217A #7A4021 #217A40

tetradic

#40217A #7A212E #5B7A21 #217A6C

square

#40217A #7A212E #5B7A21 #217A6C

split-complementary

#40217A #7A6C21 #2E7A21

monochromatic

#0D071A #27144A #40217A #592EAA #7648CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#40217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#40217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40217A

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40217A	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.142 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fa1',
    500: '#40217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40217a;
$custom-light: #7b5fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.899,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34561,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40217A

secondary

#8AAD4A

accent

#E147AB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40217A

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

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