#40299A#40299A

#40299A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.172 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40299A
RGB	rgb(64, 41, 154)
HSL	hsl(252, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 73.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 41.36, -57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 71.20, 305.52°)
OKLab	oklab(38.67% 0.0424 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(38.67% 0.172 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7382, 5.0084, 31.0719)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40299A #839A29

analogous

#294B9A #40299A #78299A

triadic

#40299A #9A4029 #299A40

tetradic

#40299A #9A294B #839A29 #299A78

square

#40299A #9A294B #839A29 #299A78

split-complementary

#40299A #9A7829 #4B9A29

monochromatic

#180F39 #2C1C6A #40299A #5437CA #7E67D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#40299A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#40299A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40299A

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40299A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40299A	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40299a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 41, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.172 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f65b9',
    500: '#40299a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40299a;
$custom-light: #7f65b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40299a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.212,
    "s": 57.949,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38674,
    "c": 0.17219,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40299A

secondary

#AABD62

accent

#E147C2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40299A

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

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