#40226E#40226E

#40226E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.125 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40226E
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 110)
HSL	hsl(264, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(264, 69%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 69.1%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.43, 32.06, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.43, 50.49, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(33.66% 0.0575 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(33.66% 0.125 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5001, 3.3597, 15.1075)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40226E #506E22

analogous

#222A6E #40226E #66226E

triadic

#40226E #6E4022 #226E40

tetradic

#40226E #6E222A #506E22 #226E66

square

#40226E #6E222A #506E22 #226E66

split-complementary

#40226E #6E6622 #2A6E22

monochromatic

#0E0717 #25143F #40226E #5B309D #7845C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#40226E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#40226E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40226E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40226E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40226E	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40226e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.125 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795f98',
    500: '#40226e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40226e;
$custom-light: #795f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40226e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.684,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33663,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40226E

secondary

#7FA14A

accent

#DC4CA3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40226E

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

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