#402872#402872

#402872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.122 H 294.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402872
RGB	rgb(64, 40, 114)
HSL	hsl(259, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(259, 65%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 64.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.08, 29.65, -38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.08, 48.93, 307.31°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.0498 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.122 294.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9096, 3.8223, 16.3427)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402872 #5A7228

analogous

#283572 #402872 #652872

triadic

#402872 #724028 #287240

tetradic

#402872 #722835 #5A7228 #287265

square

#402872 #722835 #5A7228 #287265

split-complementary

#402872 #726528 #357228

monochromatic

#0D0817 #271845 #402872 #59389F #7652C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#402872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#402872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402872

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402872	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 40, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.122 294.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79639b',
    500: '#402872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402872;
$custom-light: #79639b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34953,
    "c": 0.12162,
    "h": 294.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402872

secondary

#89A452

accent

#D850AC

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402872

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

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