#40218F#40218F

#40218F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.167 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40218F
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 63%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 42.29, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 69.69, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0516 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.167 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6147, 4.1605, 26.3831)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40218F #708F21

analogous

#21398F #40218F #77218F

triadic

#40218F #8F4021 #218F40

tetradic

#40218F #8F2139 #708F21 #218F77

square

#40218F #8F2139 #708F21 #218F77

split-complementary

#40218F #8F7721 #398F21

monochromatic

#130A2C #2A165D #40218F #562CC1 #7853D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#40218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#40218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40218F

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40218F	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.167 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e60b1',
    500: '#40218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40218f;
$custom-light: #7e60b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.909,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36542,
    "c": 0.16745,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40218F

secondary

#9DBB51

accent

#E642B8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40218F

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

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