#40249A#40249A

#40249A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.178 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40249A
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 154)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 44.02, -59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 74.02, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.01% 0.0463 -0.1714)
OKLCH	oklch(38.01% 0.178 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5762, 4.6843, 31.0178)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40249A #7E9A24

analogous

#24439A #40249A #7B249A

triadic

#40249A #9A4024 #249A40

tetradic

#40249A #9A2443 #7E9A24 #249A7B

square

#40249A #9A2443 #7E9A24 #249A7B

split-complementary

#40249A #9A7B24 #439A24

monochromatic

#170D37 #2B1868 #40249A #5530CC #7C5FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#40249A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#40249A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40249A

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40249A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40249A	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40249a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.178 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062b9',
    500: '#40249a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40249a;
$custom-light: #8062b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40249a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.237,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38009,
    "c": 0.17752,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40249A

secondary

#A7BF5B

accent

#E543BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40249A

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

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