#402A71#402A71

#402A71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.117 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A71
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 113)
HSL	hsl(259, 46%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(259, 63%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 62.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.47, 28.11, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.47, 46.98, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0473 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.117 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9222, 3.9380, 16.0677)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A71 #5B712A

analogous

#2A3771 #402A71 #632A71

triadic

#402A71 #71402A #2A7140

tetradic

#402A71 #712A37 #5B712A #2A7163

square

#402A71 #712A37 #5B712A #2A7163

split-complementary

#402A71 #71632A #37712A

monochromatic

#0D0918 #271944 #402A71 #593B9E #7655C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#402A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#402A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A71

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A71	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#04376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.117 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79649a',
    500: '#402a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a71;
$custom-light: #79649a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.592,
    "s": 45.806,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35214,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A71

secondary

#8AA354

accent

#D552AD

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A71

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

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