#40268C#40268C

#40268C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.158 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40268C
RGB	rgb(64, 38, 140)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.86, 38.73, -52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.86, 65.19, 306.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% 0.048 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.158 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5397, 4.3693, 25.2519)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40268C #728C26

analogous

#263F8C #40268C #73268C

triadic

#40268C #8C4026 #268C40

tetradic

#40268C #8C263F #728C26 #268C73

square

#40268C #8C263F #728C26 #268C73

split-complementary

#40268C #8C7326 #3F8C26

monochromatic

#140C2C #2A195C #40268C #5633BC #795AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.21

#40268C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#40268C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40268C

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40268C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40268C	1.00	11.21	1.87	11.21
#FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40268c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 38, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.158 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d63af',
    500: '#40268c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40268c;
$custom-light: #7d63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40268c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.294,
    "s": 57.303,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36923,
    "c": 0.15817,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40268C

secondary

#9FB757

accent

#E147B9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40268C

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

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