#40258F#40258F

#40258F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.163 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40258F
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 143)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 74.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.94, 40.19, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.94, 67.44, 306.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.0483 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.163 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.7324, 4.3959, 26.4223)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40258F #748F25

analogous

#253F8F #40258F #75258F

triadic

#40258F #8F4025 #258F40

tetradic

#40258F #8F253F #748F25 #258F75

square

#40258F #8F253F #748F25 #258F75

split-complementary

#40258F #8F7525 #3F8F25

monochromatic

#140C2E #2A185E #40258F #5632C0 #795AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#40258F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#40258F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40258F

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40258F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40258F	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40258f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.163 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e62b1',
    500: '#40258f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40258f;
$custom-light: #7e62b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40258f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.283,
    "s": 58.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37067,
    "c": 0.16306,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40258F

secondary

#A0B957

accent

#E246BA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #40258F

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

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