#40288A#40288A

#40288A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.153 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40288A
RGB	rgb(64, 40, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(255, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 71%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.08, 36.99, -50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.08, 62.86, 306.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0466 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.153 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.4592, 4.4422, 24.5042)
Luminance	0.0444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40288A #728A28

analogous

#28418A #40288A #71288A

triadic

#40288A #8A4028 #288A40

tetradic

#40288A #8A2841 #728A28 #288A71

square

#40288A #8A2841 #728A28 #288A71

split-complementary

#40288A #8A7128 #418A28

monochromatic

#140C2B #2A1A5B #40288A #5636B9 #795DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.12

#40288A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#40288A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40288A

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40288A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40288A	1.00	11.12	1.89	11.12
#FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40288a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 40, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.153 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d64ad',
    500: '#40288a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40288a;
$custom-light: #7d64ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40288a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.694,
    "s": 55.056,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37028,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40288A

secondary

#9FB559

accent

#DE49BA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40288A

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

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