#40248A#40248A

#40248A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.158 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40248A
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 39.23, -52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 65.25, 306.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0503 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.158 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3313, 4.1864, 24.4616)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40248A #6E8A24

analogous

#243B8A #40248A #73248A

triadic

#40248A #8A4024 #248A40

tetradic

#40248A #8A243B #6E8A24 #248A73

square

#40248A #8A243B #6E8A24 #248A73

split-complementary

#40248A #8A7324 #3B8A24

monochromatic

#130B29 #291759 #40248A #5731BB #7856D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#40248A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#40248A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40248A

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40248A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40248A	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#243F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40248a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.158 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d61ad',
    500: '#40248a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40248a;
$custom-light: #7d61ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40248a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.471,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36456,
    "c": 0.15802,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40248A

secondary

#9BB753

accent

#E246B7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40248A

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

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