#40218B#40218B

#40218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.163 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40218B
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(258, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(258, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 41.11, -53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 67.50, 307.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.15% 0.0526 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(36.15% 0.163 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3170, 4.0414, 24.8156)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40218B #6C8B21

analogous

#21378B #40218B #75218B

triadic

#40218B #8B4021 #218B40

tetradic

#40218B #8B2137 #6C8B21 #218B75

square

#40218B #8B2137 #6C8B21 #218B75

split-complementary

#40218B #8B7521 #378B21

monochromatic

#120A28 #29155A #40218B #572DBC #7851D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#40218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#40218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40218B

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40218B	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.163 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60ae',
    500: '#40218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40218b;
$custom-light: #7d60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.547,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36152,
    "c": 0.16263,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40218B

secondary

#9AB94F

accent

#E543B5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40218B

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

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