#40285C#40285C

#40285C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.091 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40285C
RGB	rgb(64, 40, 92)
HSL	hsl(268, 39%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(268, 57%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 56.5%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 23.21, -27.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 35.69, 310.56°)
OKLab	oklab(33.3% 0.0498 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(33.3% 0.091 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8045, 3.3803, 10.5225)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40285C #445C28

analogous

#282A5C #40285C #5A285C

triadic

#40285C #5C4028 #285C40

tetradic

#40285C #5C282A #445C28 #285C5A

square

#40285C #5C282A #445C28 #285C5A

split-complementary

#40285C #5C5A28 #2A5C28

monochromatic

#0F0915 #221531 #40285C #5E3B87 #7B4DB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#40285C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#40285C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40285C

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40285C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40285C	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16335E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E335B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40285c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 40, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.091 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77638a',
    500: '#40285c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40285c;
$custom-light: #77638a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40285c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 39.394,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33301,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40285C

secondary

#728F51

accent

#CF5998

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDEAF0

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40285C

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

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