#402E73#402E73

#402E73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.114 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E73
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 115)
HSL	hsl(256, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(256, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 60%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.58, 26.19, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.58, 45.43, 305.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0421 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.114 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.1850, 4.2816, 16.7169)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 9.43

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E73 #61732E

analogous

#2E3F73 #402E73 #632E73

triadic

#402E73 #73402E #2E7340

tetradic

#402E73 #732E3F #61732E #2E7363

square

#402E73 #732E3F #61732E #2E7363

split-complementary

#402E73 #73632E #3F732E

monochromatic

#0F0B1C #281D47 #402E73 #583F9F #765DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#402E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#402E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E73

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E73	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053B75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323D4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.114 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79679c',
    500: '#402e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e73;
$custom-light: #79679c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36079,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E73

secondary

#91A458

accent

#D355B2

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09060E

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E73

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

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