#402E79#402E79

#402E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.122 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E79
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 121)
HSL	hsl(254, 45%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(254, 62%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.1%, 62%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.03, 28.06, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.03, 49.05, 304.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.55% 0.0419 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(36.55% 0.122 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5416, 4.4242, 18.5947)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E79 #67792E

analogous

#2E4179 #402E79 #652E79

triadic

#402E79 #79402E #2E7940

tetradic

#402E79 #792E41 #67792E #2E7965

square

#402E79 #792E41 #67792E #2E7965

split-complementary

#402E79 #79652E #41792E

monochromatic

#110C20 #291D4D #402E79 #573FA5 #775FC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#402E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#402E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E79

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E79	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.122 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a67a0',
    500: '#402e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e79;
$custom-light: #7a67a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.4,
    "s": 44.91,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36549,
    "c": 0.12225,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E79

secondary

#96A95A

accent

#D553B6

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#09060F

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E79

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

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