#40228F#40228F

#40228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.166 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40228F
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 41.78, -55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 69.14, 307.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0508 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.166 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6428, 4.2168, 26.3925)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40228F #718F22

analogous

#223A8F #40228F #77228F

triadic

#40228F #8F4022 #228F40

tetradic

#40228F #8F223A #718F22 #228F77

square

#40228F #8F223A #718F22 #228F77

split-complementary

#40228F #8F7722 #3A8F22

monochromatic

#140A2C #2A165E #40228F #562EC0 #7955D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#40228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#40228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40228F

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40228F	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.166 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61b1',
    500: '#40228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40228f;
$custom-light: #7e61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.514,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36669,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40228F

secondary

#9EBA52

accent

#E543B8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40228F

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

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