#40236B#40236B

#40236B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.120 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40236B
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(264, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(264, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.41, 30.60, -37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.41, 48.09, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(33.57% 0.0566 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(33.57% 0.12 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3686, 3.3535, 14.2715)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40236B #4E6B23

analogous

#232A6B #40236B #64236B

triadic

#40236B #6B4023 #236B40

tetradic

#40236B #6B232A #4E6B23 #236B64

square

#40236B #6B232A #4E6B23 #236B64

split-complementary

#40236B #6B6423 #2A6B23

monochromatic

#0E0817 #24143D #40236B #5C3299 #7846C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.57

#40236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#40236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40236B

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40236B	1.00	12.57	1.67	12.57
#FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.120 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796096',
    500: '#40236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40236b;
$custom-light: #796096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.167,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33571,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40236B

secondary

#7D9E4B

accent

#DA4EA2

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40236B

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

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