#40228B#40228B

#40228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.162 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40228B
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 40.59, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 66.94, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.28% 0.0518 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(36.28% 0.162 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3452, 4.0978, 24.8250)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40228B #6D8B22

analogous

#22398B #40228B #75228B

triadic

#40228B #8B4022 #228B40

tetradic

#40228B #8B2239 #6D8B22 #228B75

square

#40228B #8B2239 #6D8B22 #228B75

split-complementary

#40228B #8B7522 #398B22

monochromatic

#130A29 #29165A #40228B #572EBC #7853D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#40228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#40228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40228B

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40228B	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#233F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.162 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d60ae',
    500: '#40228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40228b;
$custom-light: #7d60ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36282,
    "c": 0.16153,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40228B

secondary

#9BB850

accent

#E444B6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40228B

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

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