#40236A#40236A

#40236A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.119 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40236A
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(265, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(265, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.6%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.33, 30.31, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.33, 47.50, 309.65°)
OKLab	oklab(33.49% 0.0567 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(33.49% 0.119 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3163, 3.3326, 13.9960)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40236A #4D6A23

analogous

#23296A #40236A #63236A

triadic

#40236A #6A4023 #236A40

tetradic

#40236A #6A2329 #4D6A23 #236A63

square

#40236A #6A2329 #4D6A23 #236A63

split-complementary

#40236A #6A6323 #296A23

monochromatic

#0E0817 #24143C #40236A #5C3298 #7846C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#40236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#40236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40236A

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40236A	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.119 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786095',
    500: '#40236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40236a;
$custom-light: #786095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.507,
    "s": 50.355,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3349,
    "c": 0.11853,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40236A

secondary

#7C9D4B

accent

#DA4EA1

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40236A

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

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