#40269A#40269A

#40269A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.175 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40269A
RGB	rgb(64, 38, 154)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.18, 42.98, -58.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.18, 72.91, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0448 -0.1696)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.175 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6384, 4.8088, 31.0386)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40269A #809A26

analogous

#26469A #40269A #7A269A

triadic

#40269A #9A4026 #269A40

tetradic

#40269A #9A2646 #809A26 #269A7A

square

#40269A #9A2646 #809A26 #269A7A

split-complementary

#40269A #9A7A26 #469A26

monochromatic

#170E38 #2C1A69 #40269A #5432CB #7D62D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#40269A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#40269A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40269A

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40269A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40269A	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40269a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 38, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.175 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8063b9',
    500: '#40269a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40269a;
$custom-light: #8063b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40269a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.448,
    "s": 60.417,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38267,
    "c": 0.17543,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40269A

secondary

#A8BE5E

accent

#E444C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40269A

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

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