#402D60#402D60

#402D60 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.088 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D60
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 96)
HSL	hsl(262, 36%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(262, 53%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 53.1%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.04, 21.10, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.04, 34.51, 307.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0425 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.088 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.1636, 3.8112, 11.5277)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D60 #4D602D

analogous

#2D3360 #402D60 #592D60

triadic

#402D60 #60402D #2D6040

tetradic

#402D60 #602D33 #4D602D #2D6059

square

#402D60 #602D33 #4D602D #2D6059

split-complementary

#402D60 #60592D #33602D

monochromatic

#0E0A15 #241936 #402D60 #5C418A #7857B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#402D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#402D60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D60

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D60	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C3762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20375F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393742

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.088 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77668d',
    500: '#402d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d60;
$custom-light: #77668d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.353,
    "s": 36.17,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34521,
    "c": 0.08788,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D60

secondary

#7C9257

accent

#CC5CA2

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EDEBF0

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09060C

muted

#7B7A7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D60

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

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