#40238C#40238C

#40238C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.162 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40238C
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 140)
HSL	hsl(257, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(257, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 75%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 40.36, -53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 66.93, 307.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.51% 0.0507 -0.1535)
OKLCH	oklch(36.51% 0.162 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4476, 4.1851, 25.2212)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40238C #6F8C23

analogous

#233B8C #40238C #75238C

triadic

#40238C #8C4023 #238C40

tetradic

#40238C #8C233B #6F8C23 #238C75

square

#40238C #8C233B #6F8C23 #238C75

split-complementary

#40238C #8C7523 #3B8C23

monochromatic

#130B2A #2A175B #40238C #562FBD #7855D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#40238C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#40238C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40238C

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40238C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40238C	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#223F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40238c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.162 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61af',
    500: '#40238c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40238c;
$custom-light: #7d61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40238c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3651,
    "c": 0.16163,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40238C

secondary

#9CB852

accent

#E345B7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40238C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →