#40269B#40269B

#40269B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.177 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40269B
RGB	rgb(64, 38, 155)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, 43.28, -59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 73.46, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0445 -0.1709)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.177 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7221, 4.8422, 31.4790)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40269B #819B26

analogous

#26479B #40269B #7A269B

triadic

#40269B #9B4026 #269B40

tetradic

#40269B #9B2647 #819B26 #269B7A

square

#40269B #9B2647 #819B26 #269B7A

split-complementary

#40269B #9B7A26 #479B26

monochromatic

#170E39 #2C1A6A #40269B #5432CC #7D63D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#40269B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#40269B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40269B

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40269B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40269B	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40269b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 38, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.177 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8063ba',
    500: '#40269b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40269b;
$custom-light: #8063ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40269b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 60.622,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38366,
    "c": 0.17665,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40269B

secondary

#A9BE5F

accent

#E444C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40269B

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

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