#40217D#40217D

#40217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.146 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40217D
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.51, 37.00, -46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.51, 59.70, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.056 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.146 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3589, 3.6582, 19.7691)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40217D #5E7D21

analogous

#21307D #40217D #6E217D

triadic

#40217D #7D4021 #217D40

tetradic

#40217D #7D2130 #5E7D21 #217D6E

square

#40217D #7D2130 #5E7D21 #217D6E

split-complementary

#40217D #7D6E21 #307D21

monochromatic

#0E071C #27144D #40217D #592EAD #7649CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#40217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#40217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40217D

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40217D	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.146 292.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.217,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34833,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40217D

secondary

#8EB04A

accent

#E146AD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40217D

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

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