#40267D#40267D

#40267D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.139 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40267D
RGB	rgb(64, 38, 125)
HSL	hsl(258, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 70%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.8%, 69.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 34.18, -45.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 56.66, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0508 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.139 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5081, 3.9567, 19.8189)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.35

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40267D #637D26

analogous

#26387D #40267D #6C267D

triadic

#40267D #7D4026 #267D40

tetradic

#40267D #7D2638 #637D26 #267D6C

square

#40267D #7D2638 #637D26 #267D6C

split-complementary

#40267D #7D6C26 #387D26

monochromatic

#10091F #28184E #40267D #5834AC #7753CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#40267D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#40267D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40267D

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40267D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40267D	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40267d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 38, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.139 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b62a3',
    500: '#40267d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40267d;
$custom-light: #7b62a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40267d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.931,
    "s": 53.374,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35562,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40267D

secondary

#93AF50

accent

#DD4BB1

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40267D

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

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