#40247C#40247C

#40247C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.140 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40247C
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 124)
HSL	hsl(259, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.4%, 71%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 35.03, -45.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 57.33, 307.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0531 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.14 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3823, 3.8068, 19.4634)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40247C #607C24

analogous

#24347C #40247C #6C247C

triadic

#40247C #7C4024 #247C40

tetradic

#40247C #7C2434 #607C24 #247C6C

square

#40247C #7C2434 #607C24 #247C6C

split-complementary

#40247C #7C6C24 #347C24

monochromatic

#0F081D #28164D #40247C #5832AB #764FCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#40247C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#40247C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40247C

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40247C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40247C	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40247c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.140 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b61a3',
    500: '#40247c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40247c;
$custom-light: #7b61a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40247c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.091,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35173,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40247C

secondary

#90AE4D

accent

#DE49AF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40247C

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

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