#40276F#40276F

#40276F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.119 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40276F
RGB	rgb(64, 39, 111)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 64.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 29.37, -37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 47.82, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% 0.0512 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.119 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7084, 3.6886, 15.4471)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40276F #566F27

analogous

#27326F #40276F #64276F

triadic

#40276F #6F4027 #276F40

tetradic

#40276F #6F2732 #566F27 #276F64

square

#40276F #6F2732 #566F27 #276F64

split-complementary

#40276F #6F6427 #326F27

monochromatic

#0D0817 #261742 #40276F #5A379C #774FC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#40276F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#40276F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40276F

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40276F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40276F	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343747

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40276f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 39, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.119 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796299',
    500: '#40276f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40276f;
$custom-light: #796299;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40276f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.833,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34544,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40276F

secondary

#85A250

accent

#D850A9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40276F

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

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