#40247E#40247E

#40247E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.143 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40247E
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 126)
HSL	hsl(259, 56%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(259, 71%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 35.63, -46.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 58.47, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.35% 0.0528 -0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(35.35% 0.143 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5101, 3.8579, 20.1362)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40247E #627E24

analogous

#24357E #40247E #6D247E

triadic

#40247E #7E4024 #247E40

tetradic

#40247E #7E2435 #627E24 #247E6D

square

#40247E #7E2435 #627E24 #247E6D

split-complementary

#40247E #7E6D24 #357E24

monochromatic

#10091F #28164E #40247E #5832AE #7750CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#40247E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#40247E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40247E

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40247E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40247E	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40247e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.143 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b61a4',
    500: '#40247e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40247e;
$custom-light: #7b61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40247e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.667,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35351,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40247E

secondary

#92B04E

accent

#DF49B0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40247E

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

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