#40267B#40267B

#40267B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.136 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40267B
RGB	rgb(64, 38, 123)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 69%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 69.1%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 33.57, -44.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 55.50, 307.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0511 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.136 292)
XYZ	xyz(6.3816, 3.9061, 19.1528)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40267B #617B26

analogous

#26377B #40267B #6B267B

triadic

#40267B #7B4026 #267B40

tetradic

#40267B #7B2637 #617B26 #267B6B

square

#40267B #7B2637 #617B26 #267B6B

split-complementary

#40267B #7B6B26 #377B26

monochromatic

#0F091D #28184C #40267B #5834AA #7652CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#40267B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#40267B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40267B

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40267B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40267B	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40267b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 38, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.136 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a62a2',
    500: '#40267b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40267b;
$custom-light: #7a62a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40267b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.353,
    "s": 52.795,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35387,
    "c": 0.13645,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.03906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40267B

secondary

#91AD50

accent

#DC4CB0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF3

border

#C9C6CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40267B

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

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