#40288E#40288E

#40288E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.158 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40288E
RGB	rgb(64, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.44, 38.22, -52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.44, 65.12, 305.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.4% 0.0458 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(37.4% 0.158 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7542, 4.5602, 26.0576)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40288E #768E28

analogous

#28438E #40288E #73288E

triadic

#40288E #8E4028 #288E40

tetradic

#40288E #8E2843 #768E28 #288E73

square

#40288E #8E2843 #768E28 #288E73

split-complementary

#40288E #8E7328 #438E28

monochromatic

#150D2F #2A1B5E #40288E #5635BE #7A5FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#40288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#40288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40288E

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40288E	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.158 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d64b0',
    500: '#40288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40288e;
$custom-light: #7d64b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37397,
    "c": 0.1583,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40288E

secondary

#A1B75B

accent

#DF48BC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40288E

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

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