#402D79#402D79

#402D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.124 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D79
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 121)
HSL	hsl(255, 46%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(255, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 62.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.79, 28.70, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.79, 49.73, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0432 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.124 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5030, 4.3470, 18.5819)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D79 #66792D

analogous

#2D4079 #402D79 #662D79

triadic

#402D79 #79402D #2D7940

tetradic

#402D79 #792D40 #66792D #2D7966

square

#402D79 #792D40 #66792D #2D7966

split-complementary

#402D79 #79662D #40792D

monochromatic

#110C20 #281C4C #402D79 #583EA6 #775DC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#402D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#402D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D79

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D79	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.124 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a67a0',
    500: '#402d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d79;
$custom-light: #7a67a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 45.783,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36373,
    "c": 0.12374,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D79

secondary

#95A958

accent

#D552B5

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09060F

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D79

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

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