#40296F#40296F

#40296F is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.116 H 294.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40296F
RGB	rgb(64, 41, 111)
HSL	hsl(260, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.3%, 63.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 28.13, -36.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 46.47, 307.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.88% 0.0487 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(34.88% 0.116 294.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.7758, 3.8234, 15.4695)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40296F #586F29

analogous

#29356F #40296F #63296F

triadic

#40296F #6F4029 #296F40

tetradic

#40296F #6F2935 #586F29 #296F63

square

#40296F #6F2935 #586F29 #296F63

split-complementary

#40296F #6F6329 #356F29

monochromatic

#0D0816 #261842 #40296F #5A3A9C #7753BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#40296F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#40296F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40296F

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40296F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40296F	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#06366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#343847

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40296f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 41, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.116 294.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#796499',
    500: '#40296f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40296f;
$custom-light: #796499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40296f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.714,
    "s": 46.053,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34883,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 294.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40296F

secondary

#87A153

accent

#D652AA

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #40296F

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

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