#402D91#402D91

#402D91 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.156 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D91
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 145)
HSL	hsl(251, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 69%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 69%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.76, 36.26, -52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.76, 63.73, 304.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.43% 0.0406 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(38.43% 0.156 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1620, 5.0106, 27.3196)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D91 #7E912D

analogous

#2D4C91 #402D91 #722D91

triadic

#402D91 #91402D #2D9140

tetradic

#402D91 #912D4C #7E912D #2D9172

square

#402D91 #912D4C #7E912D #2D9172

split-complementary

#402D91 #91722D #4C912D

monochromatic

#171034 #2B1F62 #402D91 #553BC0 #7C68D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#402D91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#402D91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D91

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D91	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004294

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C475B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.156 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d67b2',
    500: '#402d91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d91;
$custom-light: #7d67b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.4,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38427,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D91

secondary

#A7B763

accent

#DC4CC1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D91

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

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