#40248F#40248F

#40248F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.164 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40248F
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 143)
HSL	hsl(256, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 40.73, -54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 68.02, 306.78°)
OKLab	oklab(36.93% 0.0491 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(36.93% 0.164 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7017, 4.3345, 26.4121)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40248F #738F24

analogous

#243D8F #40248F #76248F

triadic

#40248F #8F4024 #248F40

tetradic

#40248F #8F243D #738F24 #248F76

square

#40248F #8F243D #738F24 #248F76

split-complementary

#40248F #8F7624 #3D8F24

monochromatic

#140B2D #2A185E #40248F #5630C0 #7958D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#40248F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#40248F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40248F

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40248F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40248F	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40248f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.164 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62b1',
    500: '#40248f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40248f;
$custom-light: #7e62b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40248f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.701,
    "s": 59.777,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36932,
    "c": 0.16418,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40248F

secondary

#9FB955

accent

#E345BA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40248F

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

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