#40249E#40249E

#40249E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.182 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40249E
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 77.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 45.21, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 76.16, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.41% 0.0452 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(38.41% 0.182 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.9149, 4.8198, 32.8017)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40249E #829E24

analogous

#24459E #40249E #7D249E

triadic

#40249E #9E4024 #249E40

tetradic

#40249E #9E2445 #829E24 #249E7D

square

#40249E #9E2445 #829E24 #249E7D

split-complementary

#40249E #9E7D24 #459E24

monochromatic

#180D3A #2C196C #40249E #542FD0 #7D61DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#40249E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#40249E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40249E

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40249E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40249E	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#064760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40249e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.182 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8062bc',
    500: '#40249e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40249e;
$custom-light: #8062bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40249e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.77,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38409,
    "c": 0.18229,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40249E

secondary

#AAC05E

accent

#E642C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40249E

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

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