#40219E#40219E

#40219E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.185 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40219E
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 79.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.70, 46.69, -62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.70, 77.72, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0472 -0.179)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.185 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8279, 4.6458, 32.7727)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40219E #7F9E21

analogous

#21419E #40219E #7F219E

triadic

#40219E #9E4021 #219E40

tetradic

#40219E #9E2141 #7F9E21 #219E7F

square

#40219E #9E2141 #7F9E21 #219E7F

split-complementary

#40219E #9E7F21 #419E21

monochromatic

#170C39 #2B166B #40219E #552CD1 #7C5CDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.89

#40219E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#40219E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40219E

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40219E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40219E	1.00	10.89	1.93	10.89
#FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0040A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40219e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.185 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161bc',
    500: '#40219e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40219e;
$custom-light: #8161bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40219e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.88,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3805,
    "c": 0.18516,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40219E

secondary

#A8C159

accent

#E83FBE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40219E

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

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