#40294E#40294E

#40294E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.069 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40294E
RGB	rgb(64, 41, 78)
HSL	hsl(277, 31%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(277, 47%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 47.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.93, 18.75, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.93, 26.47, 315.08°)
OKLab	oklab(32.6% 0.0461 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(32.6% 0.069 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.2822, 3.2260, 7.6033)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40294E #374E29

analogous

#2D294E #40294E #4E2949

triadic

#40294E #4E4029 #294E40

tetradic

#40294E #4E2D29 #374E29 #29494E

square

#40294E #4E2D29 #374E29 #29494E

split-complementary

#40294E #494E29 #294E2D

monochromatic

#100B14 #1F1426 #40294E #613E76 #82539E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#40294E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#40294E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40294E

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40294E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40294E	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#21314F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27334D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F2E37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40294e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 41, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.069 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76637f',
    500: '#40294e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40294e;
$custom-light: #76637f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40294e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.297,
    "s": 31.092,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32596,
    "c": 0.06939,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40294E

secondary

#648052

accent

#C76187

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDEAEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#08050A

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40294E

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

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