#402E71#402E71

#402E71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.111 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E71
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 113)
HSL	hsl(256, 42%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(256, 59%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.4%, 59.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 25.57, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 44.22, 305.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.0421 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.111 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0712, 4.2361, 16.1173)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E71 #5F712E

analogous

#2E3D71 #402E71 #612E71

triadic

#402E71 #71402E #2E7140

tetradic

#402E71 #712E3D #5F712E #2E7161

square

#402E71 #712E3D #5F712E #2E7161

split-complementary

#402E71 #71612E #3D712E

monochromatic

#0F0B1A #271C46 #402E71 #59409C #765DBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#402E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#402E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E71

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E71	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#333C4A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.111 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78679a',
    500: '#402e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e71;
$custom-light: #78679a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.119,
    "s": 42.138,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35927,
    "c": 0.11091,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E71

secondary

#8FA258

accent

#D256B1

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09060E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E71

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

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