#40238D#40238D

#40238D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.163 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40238D
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 40.66, -53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 67.48, 307.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0504 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.163 288)
XYZ	xyz(7.5217, 4.2148, 25.6113)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40238D #708D23

analogous

#233B8D #40238D #75238D

triadic

#40238D #8D4023 #238D40

tetradic

#40238D #8D233B #708D23 #238D75

square

#40238D #8D233B #708D23 #238D75

split-complementary

#40238D #8D7523 #3B8D23

monochromatic

#130B2B #2A175C #40238D #562FBE #7855D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#40238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#40238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40238D

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40238D	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.163 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61af',
    500: '#40238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40238d;
$custom-light: #7e61af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.415,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36606,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.04215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40238D

secondary

#9DB953

accent

#E344B8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40238D

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

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