#40259F#40259F

#40259F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.182 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40259F
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 159)
HSL	hsl(253, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 76.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 45.01, -61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 76.16, 306.22°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0442 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.182 284)
XYZ	xyz(9.0320, 4.9157, 33.2671)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40259F #849F25

analogous

#25479F #40259F #7D259F

triadic

#40259F #9F4025 #259F40

tetradic

#40259F #9F2547 #849F25 #259F7D

square

#40259F #9F2547 #849F25 #259F7D

split-complementary

#40259F #9F7D25 #479F25

monochromatic

#180E3C #2C196D #40259F #5532CF #7E64DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#40259F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#40259F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40259F

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40259F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40259F	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#034861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40259f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.182 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8163bd',
    500: '#40259f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40259f;
$custom-light: #8163bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40259f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.279,
    "s": 62.245,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38635,
    "c": 0.18249,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.04916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40259F

secondary

#ABC05F

accent

#E542C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40259F

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

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