#402498#402498

#402498 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.175 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402498
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 152)
HSL	hsl(254, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(254, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 76.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.62, 43.42, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.62, 72.94, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.0468 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.175 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4110, 4.6182, 30.1479)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402498 #7C9824

analogous

#244298 #402498 #7A2498

triadic

#402498 #984024 #249840

tetradic

#402498 #982442 #7C9824 #24987A

square

#402498 #982442 #7C9824 #24987A

split-complementary

#402498 #987A24 #429824

monochromatic

#160D35 #2B1867 #402498 #5530C9 #7B5ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#402498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#402498 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402498

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402498	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14455C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.175 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f62b7',
    500: '#402498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402498;
$custom-light: #7f62b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.483,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3781,
    "c": 0.17511,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402498

secondary

#A6BE5A

accent

#E543BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402498

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

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