#40249D#40249D

#40249D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.181 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40249D
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 77.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 44.92, -60.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 75.63, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0455 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.181 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8292, 4.7855, 32.3502)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40249D #819D24

analogous

#24459D #40249D #7C249D

triadic

#40249D #9D4024 #249D40

tetradic

#40249D #9D2445 #819D24 #249D7C

square

#40249D #9D2445 #819D24 #249D7C

split-complementary

#40249D #9D7C24 #459D24

monochromatic

#170D39 #2C196B #40249D #542FCF #7D61DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#40249D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#40249D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40249D

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40249D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40249D	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40249d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.181 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062bb',
    500: '#40249d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40249d;
$custom-light: #8062bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40249d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.884,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38309,
    "c": 0.1811,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40249D

secondary

#A9C05D

accent

#E642C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40249D

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

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