#40218D#40218D

#40218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.165 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40218D
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.00, 41.70, -54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.00, 68.59, 307.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.35% 0.0521 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(36.35% 0.165 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4645, 4.1004, 25.5923)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40218D #6E8D21

analogous

#21388D #40218D #76218D

triadic

#40218D #8D4021 #218D40

tetradic

#40218D #8D2138 #6E8D21 #218D76

square

#40218D #8D2138 #6E8D21 #218D76

split-complementary

#40218D #8D7621 #388D21

monochromatic

#130A2A #29155B #40218D #572DBF #7852D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#40218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#40218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40218D

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40218D	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.165 288.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.222,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36347,
    "c": 0.16504,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40218D

secondary

#9BBA50

accent

#E543B7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40218D

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

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