#402179#402179

#402179 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.141 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402179
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 72.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.15, 35.83, -44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.15, 57.44, 308.59°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.0568 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.141 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1085, 3.5580, 18.4504)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402179 #5A7921

analogous

#212E79 #402179 #6C2179

triadic

#402179 #794021 #217940

tetradic

#402179 #79212E #5A7921 #21796C

square

#402179 #79212E #5A7921 #21796C

split-complementary

#402179 #796C21 #2E7921

monochromatic

#0D0719 #271449 #402179 #592EA9 #7647CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#402179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#402179 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402179

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402179	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003377

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.141 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5fa0',
    500: '#402179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402179;
$custom-light: #7b5fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.136,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34471,
    "c": 0.14054,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402179

secondary

#89AC4A

accent

#E047AB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402179

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

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