#40218A#40218A

#40218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.161 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40218A
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 40.82, -53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 66.95, 307.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.06% 0.0529 -0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(36.06% 0.161 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.2443, 4.0123, 24.4326)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40218A #6B8A21

analogous

#21368A #40218A #74218A

triadic

#40218A #8A4021 #218A40

tetradic

#40218A #8A2136 #6B8A21 #218A74

square

#40218A #8A2136 #6B8A21 #218A74

split-complementary

#40218A #8A7421 #368A21

monochromatic

#120927 #291559 #40218A #572DBB #7750D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#40218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#40218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40218A

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40218A	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.161 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60ad',
    500: '#40218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40218a;
$custom-light: #7d60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36056,
    "c": 0.16142,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40218A

secondary

#99B94E

accent

#E543B5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40218A

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

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