#40227C#40227C

#40227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.143 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40227C
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 36.15, -46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 58.54, 308.14°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.0552 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.143 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.3235, 3.6891, 19.4438)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40227C #5E7C22

analogous

#22317C #40227C #6D227C

triadic

#40227C #7C4022 #227C40

tetradic

#40227C #7C2231 #5E7C22 #227C6D

square

#40227C #7C2231 #5E7C22 #227C6D

split-complementary

#40227C #7C6D22 #317C22

monochromatic

#0E081C #27154C #40227C #592FAC #764BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#40227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#40227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40227C

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40227C	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.143 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60a3',
    500: '#40227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40227c;
$custom-light: #7b60a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34882,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40227C

secondary

#8DAF4B

accent

#E048AD

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40227C

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

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