#40295D#40295D

#40295D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.091 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40295D
RGB	rgb(64, 41, 93)
HSL	hsl(267, 39%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(267, 56%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 55.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 22.84, -27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 35.58, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(33.56% 0.0483 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(33.56% 0.091 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.8826, 3.4662, 10.7656)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40295D #465D29

analogous

#292C5D #40295D #5A295D

triadic

#40295D #5D4029 #295D40

tetradic

#40295D #5D292C #465D29 #295D5A

square

#40295D #5D292C #465D29 #295D5A

split-complementary

#40295D #5D5A29 #2C5D29

monochromatic

#0F0915 #231633 #40295D #5D3C87 #7B4FB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#40295D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#40295D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40295D

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40295D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40295D	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#17345F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E345C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B333E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40295d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 41, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.091 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77638b',
    500: '#40295d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40295d;
$custom-light: #77638b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40295d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.538,
    "s": 38.806,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33555,
    "c": 0.09074,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40295D

secondary

#749052

accent

#CF599B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDEAF0

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09050C

muted

#7B797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #40295D

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

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