#40268B#40268B

#40268B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.157 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40268B
RGB	rgb(64, 38, 139)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 72.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.76, 38.43, -51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.76, 64.63, 306.48°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0482 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.157 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4663, 4.3399, 24.8654)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40268B #718B26

analogous

#263E8B #40268B #73268B

triadic

#40268B #8B4026 #268B40

tetradic

#40268B #8B263E #718B26 #268B73

square

#40268B #8B263E #718B26 #268B73

split-complementary

#40268B #8B7326 #3E8B26

monochromatic

#140C2B #2A195B #40268B #5633BB #795AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#40268B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#40268B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40268B

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40268B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40268B	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40268b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 38, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.157 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d63ae',
    500: '#40268b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40268b;
$custom-light: #7d63ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40268b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.446,
    "s": 57.062,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3683,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40268B

secondary

#9EB756

accent

#E047B9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40268B

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

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