#40258E#40258E

#40258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.162 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40258E
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.85, 39.89, -53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.85, 66.89, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.97% 0.0485 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(36.97% 0.162 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6570, 4.3657, 26.0251)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40258E #738E25

analogous

#253E8E #40258E #75258E

triadic

#40258E #8E4025 #258E40

tetradic

#40258E #8E253E #738E25 #258E75

square

#40258E #8E253E #738E25 #258E75

split-complementary

#40258E #8E7525 #3E8E25

monochromatic

#140C2D #2A185D #40258E #5632BF #795AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#40258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#40258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40258E

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40258E	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.162 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62b0',
    500: '#40258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40258e;
$custom-light: #7e62b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.429,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36972,
    "c": 0.16182,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40258E

secondary

#9FB956

accent

#E246BA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40258E

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

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