#402579#402579

#402579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.135 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402579
RGB	rgb(64, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(259, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(259, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 33.56, -43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 54.98, 307.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.06% 0.0525 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(35.06% 0.135 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.2262, 3.7934, 18.4896)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402579 #5E7925

analogous

#253479 #402579 #6A2579

triadic

#402579 #794025 #257940

tetradic

#402579 #792534 #5E7925 #25796A

square

#402579 #792534 #5E7925 #25796A

split-complementary

#402579 #796A25 #347925

monochromatic

#0E081B #27174A #402579 #5933A8 #764FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#402579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#402579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402579

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402579	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.135 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a61a0',
    500: '#402579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402579;
$custom-light: #7a61a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3506,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402579

secondary

#8DAB4E

accent

#DD4BAE

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402579

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

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