#402B97#402B97

#402B97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.166 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402B97
RGB	rgb(64, 43, 151)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 71.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.88, 39.31, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.88, 68.35, 305.11°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0414 -0.1609)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.166 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5624, 5.0516, 29.7960)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402B97 #82972B

analogous

#2B4C97 #402B97 #762B97

triadic

#402B97 #97402B #2B9740

tetradic

#402B97 #972B4C #82972B #2B9776

square

#402B97 #972B4C #82972B #2B9776

split-complementary

#402B97 #97762B #4C972B

monochromatic

#181038 #2C1D67 #402B97 #5439C7 #7D68D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#402B97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#402B97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402B97

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402B97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402B97	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402b97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 43, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.166 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f66b7',
    500: '#402b97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402b97;
$custom-light: #7f66b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402b97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 55.67,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38676,
    "c": 0.16614,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402B97

secondary

#AABB63

accent

#DF49C2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402B97

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →