#40259C#40259C

#40259C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.179 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40259C
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 156)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 76.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 44.11, -60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 74.55, 306.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.34% 0.045 -0.1731)
OKLCH	oklch(38.34% 0.179 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7748, 4.8129, 31.9126)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40259C #819C25

analogous

#25469C #40259C #7B259C

triadic

#40259C #9C4025 #259C40

tetradic

#40259C #9C2546 #819C25 #259C7B

square

#40259C #9C2546 #819C25 #259C7B

split-complementary

#40259C #9C7B25 #469C25

monochromatic

#170E39 #2C196B #40259C #5431CD #7D62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#40259C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#40259C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40259C

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40259C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40259C	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40259c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.179 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8063ba',
    500: '#40259c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40259c;
$custom-light: #8063ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40259c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.613,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38335,
    "c": 0.17889,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40259C

secondary

#A9BF5E

accent

#E543C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40259C

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

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