#40227D#40227D

#40227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.144 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40227D
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 36.45, -46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 59.11, 308.07°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.055 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.144 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3870, 3.7145, 19.7785)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40227D #5F7D22

analogous

#22317D #40227D #6D227D

triadic

#40227D #7D4022 #227D40

tetradic

#40227D #7D2231 #5F7D22 #227D6D

square

#40227D #7D2231 #5F7D22 #227D6D

split-complementary

#40227D #7D6D22 #317D22

monochromatic

#0F081D #27154D #40227D #592FAD #764BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#40227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#40227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40227D

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40227D	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.144 292.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.78,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34973,
    "c": 0.14427,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40227D

secondary

#8FB04B

accent

#E047AE

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40227D

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

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