#40217E#40217E

#40217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.147 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40217E
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.60, 37.29, -47.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.60, 60.27, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0558 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.147 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4231, 3.6838, 20.1072)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40217E #5F7E21

analogous

#21307E #40217E #6E217E

triadic

#40217E #7E4021 #217E40

tetradic

#40217E #7E2130 #5F7E21 #217E6E

square

#40217E #7E2130 #5F7E21 #217E6E

split-complementary

#40217E #7E6E21 #307E21

monochromatic

#0F081D #27144E #40217E #592EAE #764AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#40217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#40217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40217E

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40217E	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.147 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fa4',
    500: '#40217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40217e;
$custom-light: #7b5fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34925,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40217E

secondary

#8FB14A

accent

#E246AE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40217E

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

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