#402C71#402C71

#402C71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.114 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C71
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 113)
HSL	hsl(257, 44%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(257, 61%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 61.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 26.85, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 45.61, 306.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0447 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.114 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9949, 4.0834, 16.0919)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C71 #5D712C

analogous

#2C3A71 #402C71 #622C71

triadic

#402C71 #71402C #2C7140

tetradic

#402C71 #712C3A #5D712C #2C7162

square

#402C71 #712C3A #5D712C #2C7162

split-complementary

#402C71 #71622C #3A712C

monochromatic

#0E0A19 #271B45 #402C71 #593D9D #7659BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#402C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#402C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C71

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C71	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09386F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333B4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.114 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79669a',
    500: '#402c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c71;
$custom-light: #79669a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.391,
    "s": 43.949,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35565,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C71

secondary

#8CA356

accent

#D454AF

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09060E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C71

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

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