#40227E#40227E

#40227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.146 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40227E
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(260, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 36.74, -47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 59.68, 308.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0548 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.146 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4512, 3.7402, 20.1166)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40227E #607E22

analogous

#22327E #40227E #6E227E

triadic

#40227E #7E4022 #227E40

tetradic

#40227E #7E2232 #607E22 #227E6E

square

#40227E #7E2232 #607E22 #227E6E

split-complementary

#40227E #7E6E22 #327E22

monochromatic

#0F081E #28154E #40227E #582FAE #764CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#40227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#40227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40227E

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40227E	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.146 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60a4',
    500: '#40227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40227e;
$custom-light: #7b60a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35064,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40227E

secondary

#90B14B

accent

#E147AF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F4

border

#C9C5CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40227E

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

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