#40228D#40228D

#40228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.164 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40228D
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 41.19, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 68.04, 307.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.0513 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.164 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4927, 4.1568, 25.6017)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40228D #6F8D22

analogous

#223A8D #40228D #76228D

triadic

#40228D #8D4022 #228D40

tetradic

#40228D #8D223A #6F8D22 #228D76

square

#40228D #8D223A #6F8D22 #228D76

split-complementary

#40228D #8D7622 #3A8D22

monochromatic

#130A2A #2A165C #40228D #562EBE #7854D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#40228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#40228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40228D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40228D	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#213F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.164 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e60af',
    500: '#40228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40228d;
$custom-light: #7e60af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.822,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36475,
    "c": 0.16396,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40228D

secondary

#9CB951

accent

#E444B7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40228D

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

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