#40296D#40296D

#40296D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.113 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40296D
RGB	rgb(64, 41, 109)
HSL	hsl(260, 45%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(260, 62%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 62.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 27.53, -35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 45.27, 307.46°)
OKLab	oklab(34.73% 0.0487 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(34.73% 0.113 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6669, 3.7799, 14.8961)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40296D #566D29

analogous

#29346D #40296D #62296D

triadic

#40296D #6D4029 #296D40

tetradic

#40296D #6D2934 #566D29 #296D62

square

#40296D #6D2934 #566D29 #296D62

split-complementary

#40296D #6D6229 #346D29

monochromatic

#0D0816 #261841 #40296D #5A3A99 #7752BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#40296D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#40296D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40296D

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40296D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40296D	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00376F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40296d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 41, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.113 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#786497',
    500: '#40296d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40296d;
$custom-light: #786497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40296d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.294,
    "s": 45.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34727,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40296D

secondary

#859F53

accent

#D553A9

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050D

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40296D

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

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