#40259A#40259A

#40259A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.176 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40259A
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 154)
HSL	hsl(254, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 76%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 43.50, -59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 73.47, 306.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% 0.0455 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.176 285)
XYZ	xyz(8.6069, 4.7457, 31.0281)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40259A #7F9A25

analogous

#25459A #40259A #7A259A

triadic

#40259A #9A4025 #259A40

tetradic

#40259A #9A2545 #7F9A25 #259A7A

square

#40259A #9A2545 #7F9A25 #259A7A

split-complementary

#40259A #9A7A25 #459A25

monochromatic

#170D37 #2B1969 #40259A #5531CB #7C60D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#40259A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#40259A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40259A

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40259A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40259A	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40259a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.176 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8063b9',
    500: '#40259a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40259a;
$custom-light: #8063b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40259a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38137,
    "c": 0.17649,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.04746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40259A

secondary

#A8BE5D

accent

#E443BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40259A

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

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