#40225B#40225B

#40225B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.100 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40225B
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 91)
HSL	hsl(272, 46%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(272, 63%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 62.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.00, 26.69, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.00, 39.31, 312.77°)
OKLab	oklab(32.17% 0.0587 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(32.17% 0.1 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5743, 2.9894, 10.2315)
Luminance	0.0299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40225B #3D5B22

analogous

#24225B #40225B #5B225A

triadic

#40225B #5B4022 #225B40

tetradic

#40225B #5B2422 #3D5B22 #225A5B

square

#40225B #5B2422 #3D5B22 #225A5B

split-complementary

#40225B #5A5B22 #225B24

monochromatic

#100816 #21112E #40225B #5F3388 #7F43B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.14

#40225B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#40225B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40225B

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40225B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40225B	1.00	13.14	1.60	13.14
#FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17305A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2D3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40225b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.100 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775e8a',
    500: '#40225b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40225b;
$custom-light: #775e8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40225b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 24.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32171,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40225B

secondary

#6B8F4A

accent

#D55390

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40225B

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

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