#40238E#40238E

#40238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.164 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40238E
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 40.96, -54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 68.03, 307.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.7% 0.0502 -0.1562)
OKLCH	oklch(36.7% 0.164 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5964, 4.2447, 26.0050)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40238E #718E23

analogous

#233B8E #40238E #76238E

triadic

#40238E #8E4023 #238E40

tetradic

#40238E #8E233B #718E23 #238E76

square

#40238E #8E233B #718E23 #238E76

split-complementary

#40238E #8E7623 #3B8E23

monochromatic

#140B2C #2A175D #40238E #562FBF #7956D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#40238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#40238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40238E

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40238E	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.164 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61b0',
    500: '#40238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40238e;
$custom-light: #7e61b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.262,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36703,
    "c": 0.16407,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40238E

secondary

#9EB953

accent

#E444B8

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40238E

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

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