#402197#402197

#402197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.177 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402197
RGB	rgb(64, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(256, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 44.64, -59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 74.00, 307.10°)
OKLab	oklab(37.34% 0.0493 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(37.34% 0.177 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2424, 4.4116, 29.6894)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402197 #789721

analogous

#213D97 #402197 #7B2197

triadic

#402197 #974021 #219740

tetradic

#402197 #97213D #789721 #21977B

square

#402197 #97213D #789721 #21977B

split-complementary

#402197 #977B21 #3D9721

monochromatic

#150B33 #2B1665 #402197 #552CC9 #7A58DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#402197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#402197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402197

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402197	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.177 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f60b7',
    500: '#402197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402197;
$custom-light: #7f60b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.763,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37338,
    "c": 0.17696,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402197

secondary

#A3BE55

accent

#E741BB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFEAF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #402197

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

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