#40229C#40229C

#40229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.182 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40229C
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(255, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 45.62, -60.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 76.15, 306.80°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0472 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.182 285)
XYZ	xyz(8.6853, 4.6338, 31.8828)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40229C #7E9C22

analogous

#22419C #40229C #7D229C

triadic

#40229C #9C4022 #229C40

tetradic

#40229C #9C2241 #7E9C22 #229C7D

square

#40229C #9C2241 #7E9C22 #229C7D

split-complementary

#40229C #9C7D22 #419C22

monochromatic

#170C38 #2B176A #40229C #552DCE #7C5DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#40229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#40229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40229C

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40229C	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.182 285.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.754,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37964,
    "c": 0.18188,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.04634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40229C

secondary

#A7C05A

accent

#E741BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40229C

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

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