#402497#402497

#402497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.174 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402497
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(255, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 43.13, -58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 72.39, 306.56°)
OKLab	oklab(37.71% 0.0471 -0.1674)
OKLCH	oklch(37.71% 0.174 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3295, 4.5856, 29.7184)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402497 #7B9724

analogous

#244297 #402497 #7A2497

triadic

#402497 #974024 #249740

tetradic

#402497 #972442 #7B9724 #24977A

square

#402497 #972442 #7B9724 #24977A

split-complementary

#402497 #977A24 #429724

monochromatic

#160C34 #2B1866 #402497 #5530C8 #7B5DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#402497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#402497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402497

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402497	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.174 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f62b7',
    500: '#402497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402497;
$custom-light: #7f62b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.609,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37711,
    "c": 0.1739,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402497

secondary

#A5BD5A

accent

#E543BD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402497

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

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