#40258D#40258D

#40258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.161 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40258D
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(256, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.75, 39.59, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.75, 66.33, 306.64°)
OKLab	oklab(36.88% 0.0487 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(36.88% 0.161 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5822, 4.3358, 25.6315)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40258D #728D25

analogous

#253E8D #40258D #74258D

triadic

#40258D #8D4025 #258D40

tetradic

#40258D #8D253E #728D25 #258D74

square

#40258D #8D253E #728D25 #258D74

split-complementary

#40258D #8D7425 #3E8D25

monochromatic

#140C2C #2A185D #40258D #5632BD #7959D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#40258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#40258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40258D

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40258D	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.161 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d62af',
    500: '#40258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40258d;
$custom-light: #7d62af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.577,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36877,
    "c": 0.16059,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40258D

secondary

#9FB856

accent

#E246B9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40258D

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

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