#40298E#40298E

#40298E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.157 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40298E
RGB	rgb(64, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.65, 37.65, -52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.65, 64.51, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0449 -0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.157 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7883, 4.6285, 26.0689)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40298E #778E29

analogous

#29458E #40298E #72298E

triadic

#40298E #8E4029 #298E40

tetradic

#40298E #8E2945 #778E29 #298E72

square

#40298E #8E2945 #778E29 #298E72

split-complementary

#40298E #8E7229 #458E29

monochromatic

#150E2F #2B1B5F #40298E #5537BD #7A60D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#40298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#40298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40298E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40298E	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.157 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d65b0',
    500: '#40298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40298e;
$custom-light: #7d65b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.663,
    "s": 55.191,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37544,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40298E

secondary

#A2B75C

accent

#DF49BD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #40298E

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

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