#40228E#40228E

#40228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.165 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40228E
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(257, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 41.48, -54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 68.59, 307.21°)
OKLab	oklab(36.57% 0.051 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(36.57% 0.165 288)
XYZ	xyz(7.5674, 4.1867, 25.9953)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40228E #708E22

analogous

#223A8E #40228E #76228E

triadic

#40228E #8E4022 #228E40

tetradic

#40228E #8E223A #708E22 #228E76

square

#40228E #8E223A #708E22 #228E76

split-complementary

#40228E #8E7622 #3A8E22

monochromatic

#130A2B #2A165D #40228E #562EBF #7854D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#40228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#40228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40228E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40228E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.165 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e60b0',
    500: '#40228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40228e;
$custom-light: #7e60b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36572,
    "c": 0.16517,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.04187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40228E

secondary

#9DBA52

accent

#E443B8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40228E

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

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