#40285D#40285D

#40285D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.093 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40285D
RGB	rgb(64, 40, 93)
HSL	hsl(267, 40%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 57%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.57, 23.49, -27.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.57, 36.30, 310.33°)
OKLab	oklab(33.37% 0.0498 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(33.37% 0.093 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.8485, 3.3979, 10.7542)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40285D #455D28

analogous

#282A5D #40285D #5A285D

triadic

#40285D #5D4028 #285D40

tetradic

#40285D #5D282A #455D28 #285D5A

square

#40285D #5D282A #455D28 #285D5A

split-complementary

#40285D #5D5A28 #2A5D28

monochromatic

#0F0915 #231632 #40285D #5D3A88 #7B4DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#40285D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#40285D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40285D

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40285D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40285D	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15335F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40285d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 40, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.093 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77638b',
    500: '#40285d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40285d;
$custom-light: #77638b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40285d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.17,
    "s": 39.85,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3337,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40285D

secondary

#739051

accent

#D0589A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDEAF0

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40285D

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

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