#40227B#40227B

#40227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.142 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40227B
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 35.86, -45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 57.98, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(34.79% 0.0554 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(34.79% 0.142 293)
XYZ	xyz(6.2605, 3.6639, 19.1124)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40227B #5D7B22

analogous

#22307B #40227B #6C227B

triadic

#40227B #7B4022 #227B40

tetradic

#40227B #7B2230 #5D7B22 #227B6C

square

#40227B #7B2230 #5D7B22 #227B6C

split-complementary

#40227B #7B6C22 #307B22

monochromatic

#0E071B #27154B #40227B #592FAB #764ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#40227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#40227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40227B

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40227B	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.142 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60a2',
    500: '#40227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40227b;
$custom-light: #7b60a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.225,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34792,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.03664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40227B

secondary

#8CAE4B

accent

#E048AD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40227B

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

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