#40236F#40236F

#40236F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.125 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40236F
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 111)
HSL	hsl(263, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 68.5%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, 31.77, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 50.43, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(33.9% 0.0562 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(33.9% 0.125 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.5839, 3.4396, 15.4056)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40236F #526F23

analogous

#232C6F #40236F #66236F

triadic

#40236F #6F4023 #236F40

tetradic

#40236F #6F232C #526F23 #236F66

square

#40236F #6F232C #526F23 #236F66

split-complementary

#40236F #6F6623 #2C6F23

monochromatic

#0D0717 #251440 #40236F #5B329E #7747C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#40236F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#40236F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40236F

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40236F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40236F	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40236f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.125 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796099',
    500: '#40236f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40236f;
$custom-light: #796099;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40236f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.895,
    "s": 52.055,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33901,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40236F

secondary

#81A24C

accent

#DB4CA5

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40236F

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

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