#40218E#40218E

#40218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.166 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40218E
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 42.00, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 69.14, 307.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.44% 0.0518 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(36.44% 0.166 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5393, 4.1303, 25.9859)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40218E #6F8E21

analogous

#21398E #40218E #77218E

triadic

#40218E #8E4021 #218E40

tetradic

#40218E #8E2139 #6F8E21 #218E77

square

#40218E #8E2139 #6F8E21 #218E77

split-complementary

#40218E #8E7721 #398E21

monochromatic

#130A2B #2A155C #40218E #562DC0 #7852D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#40218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#40218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40218E

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40218E	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.166 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e60b0',
    500: '#40218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40218e;
$custom-light: #7e60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.064,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36444,
    "c": 0.16625,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40218E

secondary

#9CBA50

accent

#E542B7

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40218E

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

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