#402C81#402C81

#402C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.136 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C81
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 129)
HSL	hsl(254, 49%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(254, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 65.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 31.82, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 55.13, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.0437 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.136 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9763, 4.4760, 21.2610)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C81 #6D812C

analogous

#2C4381 #402C81 #6B2C81

triadic

#402C81 #81402C #2C8140

tetradic

#402C81 #812C43 #6D812C #2C816B

square

#402C81 #812C43 #6D812C #2C816B

split-complementary

#402C81 #816B2C #43812C

monochromatic

#130D26 #291C53 #402C81 #573CAF #785FC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#402C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#402C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C81

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C81	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4052

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.136 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b66a6',
    500: '#402c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c81;
$custom-light: #7b66a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 49.133,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36864,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C81

secondary

#9BAF5A

accent

#D94FB8

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C81

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

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