#40248E#40248E

#40248E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.163 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40248E
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.65, 40.43, -54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.65, 67.47, 306.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.84% 0.0493 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(36.84% 0.163 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6263, 4.3043, 26.0149)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40248E #728E24

analogous

#243D8E #40248E #75248E

triadic

#40248E #8E4024 #248E40

tetradic

#40248E #8E243D #728E24 #248E75

square

#40248E #8E243D #728E24 #248E75

split-complementary

#40248E #8E7524 #3D8E24

monochromatic

#140B2C #2A185D #40248E #5630BF #7958D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.28

#40248E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#40248E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40248E

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40248E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40248E	1.00	11.28	1.86	11.28
#FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40248e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.163 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62b0',
    500: '#40248e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40248e;
$custom-light: #7e62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40248e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.849,
    "s": 59.551,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36836,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40248E

secondary

#9FB955

accent

#E345B9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40248E

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

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