#40228A#40228A

#40228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.160 H 288.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40228A
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.90, 40.30, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.90, 66.39, 307.37°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.052 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.16 288.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.2725, 4.0687, 24.4420)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40228A #6C8A22

analogous

#22388A #40228A #74228A

triadic

#40228A #8A4022 #228A40

tetradic

#40228A #8A2238 #6C8A22 #228A74

square

#40228A #8A2238 #6C8A22 #228A74

split-complementary

#40228A #8A7422 #388A22

monochromatic

#120A28 #291659 #40228A #572EBB #7852D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#40228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#40228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40228A

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40228A	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.160 288.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60ad',
    500: '#40228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40228a;
$custom-light: #7d60ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.308,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36186,
    "c": 0.16031,
    "h": 288.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40228A

secondary

#9AB850

accent

#E444B6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40228A

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

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