#40226F#40226F

#40226F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.127 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40226F
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 111)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 69.4%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 32.35, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 51.07, 309.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.75% 0.0574 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(33.75% 0.127 297)
XYZ	xyz(5.5549, 3.3816, 15.3959)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40226F #516F22

analogous

#222A6F #40226F #66226F

triadic

#40226F #6F4022 #226F40

tetradic

#40226F #6F222A #516F22 #226F66

square

#40226F #6F222A #516F22 #226F66

split-complementary

#40226F #6F6622 #2A6F22

monochromatic

#0E0717 #251440 #40226F #5B309E #7745C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#40226F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#40226F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40226F

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40226F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40226F	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40226f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.127 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#795f99',
    500: '#40226f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40226f;
$custom-light: #795f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40226f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.377,
    "s": 53.103,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33747,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.03382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40226F

secondary

#80A24A

accent

#DD4BA4

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40226F

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

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