#40246B#40246B

#40246B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.118 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40246B
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 107)
HSL	hsl(264, 50%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(264, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 66.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.63, 30.01, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.63, 47.44, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(33.73% 0.0553 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(33.73% 0.118 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.3984, 3.4132, 14.2815)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40246B #4F6B24

analogous

#242B6B #40246B #63246B

triadic

#40246B #6B4024 #246B40

tetradic

#40246B #6B242B #4F6B24 #246B63

square

#40246B #6B242B #4F6B24 #246B63

split-complementary

#40246B #6B6324 #2B6B24

monochromatic

#0E0817 #25153D #40246B #5B3399 #7848C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#40246B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#40246B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40246B

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40246B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40246B	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00346D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40246b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.118 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796096',
    500: '#40246b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40246b;
$custom-light: #796096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40246b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.662,
    "s": 49.65,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33731,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40246B

secondary

#7E9E4D

accent

#D94FA3

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40246B

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

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