#40229A#40229A

#40229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.180 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40229A
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.46, 45.03, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.46, 75.08, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% 0.0477 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.18 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5173, 4.5666, 30.9982)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40229A #7C9A22

analogous

#22409A #40229A #7C229A

triadic

#40229A #9A4022 #229A40

tetradic

#40229A #9A2240 #7C9A22 #229A7C

square

#40229A #9A2240 #7C9A22 #229A7C

split-complementary

#40229A #9A7C22 #409A22

monochromatic

#160C36 #2B1768 #40229A #552DCC #7B5BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#40229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#40229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40229A

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40229A	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.180 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061b9',
    500: '#40229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40229a;
$custom-light: #8061b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37761,
    "c": 0.17952,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40229A

secondary

#A6BF58

accent

#E741BD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40229A

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

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