#40258A#40258A

#40258A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.157 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40258A
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.47, 38.68, -51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.47, 64.66, 306.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.0494 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.157 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3620, 4.2478, 24.4718)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40258A #6F8A25

analogous

#253C8A #40258A #73258A

triadic

#40258A #8A4025 #258A40

tetradic

#40258A #8A253C #6F8A25 #258A73

square

#40258A #8A253C #6F8A25 #258A73

split-complementary

#40258A #8A7325 #3C8A25

monochromatic

#130B29 #2A185A #40258A #5632BA #7857D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#40258A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#40258A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40258A

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40258A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40258A	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40258a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.157 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62ad',
    500: '#40258a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40258a;
$custom-light: #7d62ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40258a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.04,
    "s": 57.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36595,
    "c": 0.15685,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40258A

secondary

#9CB754

accent

#E147B8

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40258A

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

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