#40308D#40308D

#40308D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.147 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40308D
RGB	rgb(64, 48, 141)
HSL	hsl(250, 49%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(250, 66%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 66%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.09, 33.18, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.09, 59.51, 303.88°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.0382 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.147 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9776, 5.1265, 25.7633)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40308D #7D8D30

analogous

#304E8D #40308D #6F308D

triadic

#40308D #8D4030 #308D40

tetradic

#40308D #8D304E #7D8D30 #308D6F

square

#40308D #8D304E #7D8D30 #308D6F

split-complementary

#40308D #8D6F30 #4E8D30

monochromatic

#171132 #2B205F #40308D #5540BB #7C6BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#40308D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#40308D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40308D

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40308D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40308D	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40308d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 48, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.147 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d69af',
    500: '#40308d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40308d;
$custom-light: #7d69af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40308d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.323,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38557,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40308D

secondary

#A6B465

accent

#D94FC1

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF5

border

#C9C6CF

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #40308D

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

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