#402C91#402C91

#402C91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.157 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C91
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 145)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 70%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.55, 36.85, -52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.55, 64.36, 304.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0415 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.157 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1243, 4.9352, 27.3071)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C91 #7D912C

analogous

#2C4B91 #402C91 #732C91

triadic

#402C91 #91402C #2C9140

tetradic

#402C91 #912C4B #7D912C #2C9173

square

#402C91 #912C4B #7D912C #2C9173

split-complementary

#402C91 #91732C #4B912C

monochromatic

#171033 #2B1E62 #402C91 #553AC0 #7C67D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#402C91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#402C91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C91

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C91	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C465B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.157 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e67b2',
    500: '#402c91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c91;
$custom-light: #7e67b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.881,
    "s": 53.439,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38272,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C91

secondary

#A6B762

accent

#DD4BC0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C91

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →