#40299C#40299C

#40299C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.175 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40299C
RGB	rgb(64, 41, 156)
HSL	hsl(252, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 73.7%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.95, 41.98, -58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.95, 72.30, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.87% 0.042 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(38.87% 0.175 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.9062, 5.0756, 31.9564)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40299C #859C29

analogous

#294B9C #40299C #79299C

triadic

#40299C #9C4029 #299C40

tetradic

#40299C #9C294B #859C29 #299C79

square

#40299C #9C294B #859C29 #299C79

split-complementary

#40299C #9C7929 #4B9C29

monochromatic

#18103B #2C1C6C #40299C #5538CB #7E68D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#40299C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#40299C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40299C

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40299C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40299C	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B4860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40299c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 41, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.175 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8065ba',
    500: '#40299c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40299c;
$custom-light: #8065ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40299c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38867,
    "c": 0.17466,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40299C

secondary

#ACBE63

accent

#E246C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #40299C

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

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