#402A79#402A79

#402A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.128 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A79
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(257, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(257, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.08, 30.56, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.08, 51.74, 306.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0468 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.128 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3925, 4.1262, 18.5451)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A79 #63792A

analogous

#2A3C79 #402A79 #682A79

triadic

#402A79 #79402A #2A7940

tetradic

#402A79 #792A3C #63792A #2A7968

square

#402A79 #792A3C #63792A #2A7968

split-complementary

#402A79 #79682A #3C792A

monochromatic

#100A1E #281A4C #402A79 #583AA6 #7758C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#402A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#402A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A79

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A79	1.00	11.51	1.83	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.128 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a65a0',
    500: '#402a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a79;
$custom-light: #7a65a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.709,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35861,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A79

secondary

#93AB54

accent

#D850B2

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A79

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

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