#40229B#40229B

#40229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.181 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40229B
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.56, 45.32, -60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.56, 75.62, 306.83°)
OKLab	oklab(37.86% 0.0474 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(37.86% 0.181 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.6010, 4.6001, 31.4387)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40229B #7D9B22

analogous

#22419B #40229B #7D229B

triadic

#40229B #9B4022 #229B40

tetradic

#40229B #9B2241 #7D9B22 #229B7D

square

#40229B #9B2241 #7D9B22 #229B7D

split-complementary

#40229B #9B7D22 #419B22

monochromatic

#170C37 #2B1769 #40229B #552DCD #7C5CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.94

#40229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#40229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40229B

10.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40229B	1.00	10.94	1.92	10.94
#FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.181 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061ba',
    500: '#40229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40229b;
$custom-light: #8061ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.876,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37862,
    "c": 0.1807,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40229B

secondary

#A6C059

accent

#E741BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40229B

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

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