#402177#402177

#402177 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.138 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402177
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 119)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 35.24, -43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 56.30, 308.76°)
OKLab	oklab(34.29% 0.0572 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(34.29% 0.138 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9871, 3.5095, 17.8111)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402177 #587721

analogous

#212D77 #402177 #6B2177

triadic

#402177 #774021 #217740

tetradic

#402177 #77212D #587721 #21776B

square

#402177 #77212D #587721 #21776B

split-complementary

#402177 #776B21 #2D7721

monochromatic

#0D0718 #261447 #402177 #5A2EA7 #7747CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#402177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#402177 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402177

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402177	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003375

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.138 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f9f',
    500: '#402177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402177;
$custom-light: #7a5f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.628,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34292,
    "c": 0.13803,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402177

secondary

#87AA4A

accent

#E048A9

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402177

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

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