#40217C#40217C

#40217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.144 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40217C
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.42, 36.71, -46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.42, 59.14, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0562 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.144 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2953, 3.6327, 19.4344)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40217C #5D7C21

analogous

#212F7C #40217C #6D217C

triadic

#40217C #7C4021 #217C40

tetradic

#40217C #7C212F #5D7C21 #217C6D

square

#40217C #7C212F #5D7C21 #217C6D

split-complementary

#40217C #7C6D21 #2F7C21

monochromatic

#0E071B #27144C #40217C #592EAC #7649CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#40217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#40217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40217C

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40217C	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.144 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fa3',
    500: '#40217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40217c;
$custom-light: #7b5fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.44,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34742,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40217C

secondary

#8CAF4A

accent

#E147AD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40217C

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

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