#40298C#40298C

#40298C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.155 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40298C
RGB	rgb(64, 41, 140)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 70.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.47, 37.03, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.47, 63.38, 305.75°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0452 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.155 287)
XYZ	xyz(7.6395, 4.5689, 25.2852)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40298C #758C29

analogous

#29448C #40298C #71298C

triadic

#40298C #8C4029 #298C40

tetradic

#40298C #8C2944 #758C29 #298C71

square

#40298C #8C2944 #758C29 #298C71

split-complementary

#40298C #8C7129 #448C29

monochromatic

#150D2D #2A1B5D #40298C #5637BB #795FD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#40298C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#40298C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40298C

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40298C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40298C	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40298c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 41, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.155 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d65ae',
    500: '#40298c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40298c;
$custom-light: #7d65ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40298c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.939,
    "s": 54.696,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3736,
    "c": 0.15454,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.04569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40298C

secondary

#A1B65B

accent

#DE4ABC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40298C

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

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