#40259E#40259E

#40259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.181 H 284.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40259E
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.39, 44.71, -60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.39, 75.62, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.54% 0.0445 -0.1757)
OKLCH	oklch(38.54% 0.181 284.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9456, 4.8812, 32.8119)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40259E #839E25

analogous

#25479E #40259E #7C259E

triadic

#40259E #9E4025 #259E40

tetradic

#40259E #9E2547 #839E25 #259E7C

square

#40259E #9E2547 #839E25 #259E7C

split-complementary

#40259E #9E7C25 #479E25

monochromatic

#180E3B #2C196C #40259E #5431CF #7E63DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#40259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#40259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40259E

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40259E	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#064760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.181 284.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8063bc',
    500: '#40259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40259e;
$custom-light: #8063bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.388,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38535,
    "c": 0.18129,
    "h": 284.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40259E

secondary

#AAC05F

accent

#E543C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40259E

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

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