#40248B#40248B

#40248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.159 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40248B
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 39.53, -52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 65.80, 306.92°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0501 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.159 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4041, 4.2155, 24.8446)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40248B #6F8B24

analogous

#243B8B #40248B #74248B

triadic

#40248B #8B4024 #248B40

tetradic

#40248B #8B243B #6F8B24 #248B74

square

#40248B #8B243B #6F8B24 #248B74

split-complementary

#40248B #8B7424 #3B8B24

monochromatic

#130B2A #2A175A #40248B #5631BC #7856D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#40248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#40248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40248B

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40248B	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.159 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62ae',
    500: '#40248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40248b;
$custom-light: #7d62ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.311,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3655,
    "c": 0.15926,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40248B

secondary

#9CB753

accent

#E246B8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40248B

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

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