#402A97#402A97

#402A97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.167 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A97
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 151)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.68, 39.87, -56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.68, 68.95, 305.33°)
OKLab	oklab(38.53% 0.0422 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(38.53% 0.167 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5265, 4.9798, 29.7841)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A97 #81972A

analogous

#2A4A97 #402A97 #762A97

triadic

#402A97 #97402A #2A9740

tetradic

#402A97 #972A4A #81972A #2A9776

square

#402A97 #972A4A #81972A #2A9776

split-complementary

#402A97 #97762A #4A972A

monochromatic

#170F37 #2C1D67 #402A97 #5437C7 #7D67D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#402A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#402A97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A97

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A97	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.167 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f66b7',
    500: '#402a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a97;
$custom-light: #7f66b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.11,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3853,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A97

secondary

#A9BB62

accent

#E048C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A97

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

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