#40218C#40218C

#40218C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.164 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40218C
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 140)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 41.41, -54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 68.05, 307.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0524 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.164 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3904, 4.0708, 25.2022)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40218C #6D8C21

analogous

#21388C #40218C #76218C

triadic

#40218C #8C4021 #218C40

tetradic

#40218C #8C2138 #6D8C21 #218C76

square

#40218C #8C2138 #6D8C21 #218C76

split-complementary

#40218C #8C7621 #388C21

monochromatic

#130A29 #29155A #40218C #572DBE #7851D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#40218C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#40218C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40218C

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40218C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40218C	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40218c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.164 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e60af',
    500: '#40218c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40218c;
$custom-light: #7e60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40218c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.383,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36249,
    "c": 0.16384,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40218C

secondary

#9BB94F

accent

#E543B6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40218C

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

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