#40288D#40288D

#40288D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.157 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40288D
RGB	rgb(64, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 37.91, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 64.55, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% 0.046 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.157 287)
XYZ	xyz(7.6794, 4.5303, 25.6639)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40288D #758D28

analogous

#28438D #40288D #72288D

triadic

#40288D #8D4028 #288D40

tetradic

#40288D #8D2843 #758D28 #288D72

square

#40288D #8D2843 #758D28 #288D72

split-complementary

#40288D #8D7228 #438D28

monochromatic

#150D2E #2A1A5D #40288D #5636BD #795ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#40288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#40288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40288D

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40288D	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.157 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d64af',
    500: '#40288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40288d;
$custom-light: #7d64af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.257,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37304,
    "c": 0.15704,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.04531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40288D

secondary

#A1B75A

accent

#DF49BB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40288D

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

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