#402279#402279

#402279 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.139 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402279
RGB	rgb(64, 34, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 71.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 35.27, -44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 56.84, 308.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0558 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.139 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1366, 3.6143, 18.4598)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402279 #5B7922

analogous

#222F79 #402279 #6B2279

triadic

#402279 #794022 #227940

tetradic

#402279 #79222F #5B7922 #22796B

square

#402279 #79222F #5B7922 #22796B

split-complementary

#402279 #796B22 #2F7922

monochromatic

#0D0719 #271549 #402279 #592FA9 #7649CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#402279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#402279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402279

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402279	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 34, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.139 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b60a0',
    500: '#402279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402279;
$custom-light: #7b60a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.69,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34613,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402279

secondary

#8AAC4B

accent

#DF48AB

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EEE9F3

border

#C9C5CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402279

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

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