#402A73#402A73

#402A73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.120 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A73
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 115)
HSL	hsl(258, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(258, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 63.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 28.72, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 48.18, 306.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% 0.0472 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.12 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0360, 3.9836, 16.6672)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A73 #5D732A

analogous

#2A3873 #402A73 #642A73

triadic

#402A73 #73402A #2A7340

tetradic

#402A73 #732A38 #5D732A #2A7364

square

#402A73 #732A38 #5D732A #2A7364

split-complementary

#402A73 #73642A #38732A

monochromatic

#0E0919 #271A46 #402A73 #593AA0 #7656C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#402A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#402A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A73

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A73	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323A4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.120 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79649c',
    500: '#402a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a73;
$custom-light: #79649c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.082,
    "s": 46.497,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35373,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A73

secondary

#8CA554

accent

#D652AE

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09050E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A73

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

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