#40285E#40285E

#40285E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.094 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40285E
RGB	rgb(64, 40, 94)
HSL	hsl(267, 40%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(267, 57%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.64, 23.77, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.64, 36.90, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(33.44% 0.0499 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(33.44% 0.094 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8931, 3.4157, 10.9890)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40285E #465E28

analogous

#282B5E #40285E #5B285E

triadic

#40285E #5E4028 #285E40

tetradic

#40285E #5E282B #465E28 #285E5B

square

#40285E #5E282B #465E28 #285E5B

split-complementary

#40285E #5E5B28 #2B5E28

monochromatic

#0F0915 #231633 #40285E #5D3A89 #7B4DB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#40285E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#40285E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40285E

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40285E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40285E	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#143360

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C345D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A323E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40285e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 40, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.094 302.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40285e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 40.299,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33439,
    "c": 0.09394,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40285E

secondary

#749151

accent

#D0589B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDEAF0

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40285E

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

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