#40277A#40277A

#40277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.134 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40277A
RGB	rgb(64, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(258, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(258, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 32.68, -43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 54.29, 307.01°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0501 -0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.134 292)
XYZ	xyz(6.3517, 3.9460, 18.8356)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40277A #617A27

analogous

#27387A #40277A #6A277A

triadic

#40277A #7A4027 #277A40

tetradic

#40277A #7A2738 #617A27 #277A6A

square

#40277A #7A2738 #617A27 #277A6A

split-complementary

#40277A #7A6A27 #387A27

monochromatic

#0F091D #28184C #40277A #5836A8 #7653C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#40277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#40277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40277A

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40277A	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.134 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a63a1',
    500: '#40277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40277a;
$custom-light: #7a63a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.072,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35457,
    "c": 0.13377,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.03946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40277A

secondary

#91AC51

accent

#DB4DB0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEEAF3

border

#C9C6CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40277A

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

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