#40229E#40229E

#40229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.184 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40229E
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(255, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 46.21, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 77.21, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.0466 -0.1782)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.184 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.8560, 4.7021, 32.7821)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40229E #809E22

analogous

#22429E #40229E #7E229E

triadic

#40229E #9E4022 #229E40

tetradic

#40229E #9E2242 #809E22 #229E7E

square

#40229E #9E2242 #809E22 #229E7E

split-complementary

#40229E #9E7E22 #429E22

monochromatic

#170C39 #2C176C #40229E #542DD0 #7D5EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#40229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#40229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40229E

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40229E	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.184 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161bc',
    500: '#40229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40229e;
$custom-light: #8161bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38167,
    "c": 0.18423,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40229E

secondary

#A8C15B

accent

#E840BF

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40229E

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

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