#40259D#40259D

#40259D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.180 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40259D
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 76.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 44.41, -60.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 75.09, 306.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0448 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.18 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8599, 4.8469, 32.3604)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40259D #829D25

analogous

#25469D #40259D #7C259D

triadic

#40259D #9D4025 #259D40

tetradic

#40259D #9D2546 #829D25 #259D7C

square

#40259D #9D2546 #829D25 #259D7C

split-complementary

#40259D #9D7C25 #469D25

monochromatic

#180E3A #2C196B #40259D #5431CE #7D62DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#40259D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#40259D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40259D

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40259D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40259D	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40259d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.180 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8063bb',
    500: '#40259d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40259d;
$custom-light: #8063bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40259d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.5,
    "s": 61.856,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38435,
    "c": 0.1801,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40259D

secondary

#AABF5E

accent

#E543C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40259D

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

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