#40279A#40279A

#40279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.174 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40279A
RGB	rgb(64, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(253, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(253, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 42.45, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 72.35, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.044 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.174 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6708, 4.8736, 31.0494)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40279A #819A27

analogous

#27489A #40279A #79279A

triadic

#40279A #9A4027 #279A40

tetradic

#40279A #9A2748 #819A27 #279A79

square

#40279A #9A2748 #819A27 #279A79

split-complementary

#40279A #9A7927 #489A27

monochromatic

#170E38 #2C1B69 #40279A #5433CB #7D64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#40279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#40279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40279A

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40279A	1.00	10.63	1.97	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10475E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.174 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8064b9',
    500: '#40279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40279a;
$custom-light: #8064b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.384,
    "c": 0.17437,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40279A

secondary

#A9BD5F

accent

#E345C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0512

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40279A

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

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