#40269C#40269C

#40269C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.178 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40269C
RGB	rgb(64, 38, 156)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 75.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.38, 43.58, -59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.38, 74.00, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.0443 -0.1723)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.178 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8064, 4.8760, 31.9232)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40269C #829C26

analogous

#26479C #40269C #7B269C

triadic

#40269C #9C4026 #269C40

tetradic

#40269C #9C2647 #829C26 #269C7B

square

#40269C #9C2647 #829C26 #269C7B

split-complementary

#40269C #9C7B26 #479C26

monochromatic

#180E3A #2C1A6B #40269C #5432CD #7D63D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#40269C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#40269C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40269C

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40269C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40269C	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40269c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 38, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.178 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8064ba',
    500: '#40269c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40269c;
$custom-light: #8064ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40269c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.22,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38464,
    "c": 0.17786,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40269C

secondary

#AABF5F

accent

#E444C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40269C

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

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