#40239F#40239F

#40239F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.184 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40239F
RGB	rgb(64, 35, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 78%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 46.01, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 77.22, 306.57°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.0456 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.184 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9715, 4.7947, 33.2469)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40239F #829F23

analogous

#23449F #40239F #7E239F

triadic

#40239F #9F4023 #239F40

tetradic

#40239F #9F2344 #829F23 #239F7E

square

#40239F #9F2344 #829F23 #239F7E

split-complementary

#40239F #9F7E23 #449F23

monochromatic

#180D3B #2C186D #40239F #542ED1 #7D60DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#40239F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#40239F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40239F

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40239F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40239F	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#044760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40239f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 35, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.184 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162bd',
    500: '#40239f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40239f;
$custom-light: #8162bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40239f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.032,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38388,
    "c": 0.18445,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40239F

secondary

#AAC15D

accent

#E741C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40239F

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

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