#40239A#40239A

#40239A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.179 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40239A
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 154)
HSL	hsl(255, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 77.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 44.53, -59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 74.55, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.047 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.179 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5463, 4.6246, 31.0079)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40239A #7D9A23

analogous

#23419A #40239A #7C239A

triadic

#40239A #9A4023 #239A40

tetradic

#40239A #9A2341 #7D9A23 #239A7C

square

#40239A #9A2341 #7D9A23 #239A7C

split-complementary

#40239A #9A7C23 #419A23

monochromatic

#170C36 #2B1868 #40239A #552ECC #7C5DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#40239A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#40239A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40239A

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40239A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40239A	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40239a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.179 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062b9',
    500: '#40239a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40239a;
$custom-light: #8062b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40239a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.622,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37884,
    "c": 0.17852,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40239A

secondary

#A6BF5A

accent

#E642BE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #40239A

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

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