#40249C#40249C

#40249C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.180 H 284.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40249C
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 156)
HSL	hsl(254, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 76.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.01, 44.62, -60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.01, 75.09, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0457 -0.174)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.18 284.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.7441, 4.7515, 31.9024)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40249C #809C24

analogous

#24449C #40249C #7C249C

triadic

#40249C #9C4024 #249C40

tetradic

#40249C #9C2444 #809C24 #249C7C

square

#40249C #9C2444 #809C24 #249C7C

split-complementary

#40249C #9C7C24 #449C24

monochromatic

#170D39 #2C196A #40249C #542FCE #7D60DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#40249C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#40249C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40249C

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40249C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40249C	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40249c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.180 284.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062ba',
    500: '#40249c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40249c;
$custom-light: #8062ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40249c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38209,
    "c": 0.17991,
    "h": 284.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40249C

secondary

#A8BF5C

accent

#E642BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40249C

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

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