#402272#402272

#402272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.130 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402272
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 114)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 70.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.76, 33.22, -41.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.76, 52.81, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34% 0.057 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(34% 0.13 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7228, 3.4488, 16.2805)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402272 #547222

analogous

#222C72 #402272 #682272

triadic

#402272 #724022 #227240

tetradic

#402272 #72222C #547222 #227268

square

#402272 #72222C #547222 #227268

split-complementary

#402272 #726822 #2C7222

monochromatic

#0D0718 #261443 #402272 #5A30A1 #7746C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#402272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#402272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402272

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402272	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.130 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f9b',
    500: '#402272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402272;
$custom-light: #7a5f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34002,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402272

secondary

#83A54B

accent

#DD4AA6

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402272

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

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