#402277#402277

#402277 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.137 H 294.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402277
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 119)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(261, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 71.4%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.18, 34.68, -43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.18, 55.69, 308.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.44% 0.0561 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(34.44% 0.137 294.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0153, 3.5658, 17.8205)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402277 #597722

analogous

#222F77 #402277 #6A2277

triadic

#402277 #774022 #227740

tetradic

#402277 #77222F #597722 #22776A

square

#402277 #77222F #597722 #22776A

split-complementary

#402277 #776A22 #2F7722

monochromatic

#0D0718 #261447 #402277 #5A30A7 #7749CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.26

#402277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#402277 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402277

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402277	1.00	12.26	1.71	12.26
#FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003475

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#313749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.137 294.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a5f9f',
    500: '#402277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402277;
$custom-light: #7a5f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34436,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 294.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402277

secondary

#88AA4B

accent

#DF49AA

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402277

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

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