#402A8A#402A8A

#402A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.151 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A8A
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(254, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 35.83, -50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 61.62, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(37.33% 0.0446 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(37.33% 0.151 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5284, 4.5805, 24.5273)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A8A #748A2A

analogous

#2A448A #402A8A #702A8A

triadic

#402A8A #8A402A #2A8A40

tetradic

#402A8A #8A2A44 #748A2A #2A8A70

square

#402A8A #8A2A44 #748A2A #2A8A70

split-complementary

#402A8A #8A702A #448A2A

monochromatic

#140D2C #2A1C5B #402A8A #5638B9 #7960CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#402A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#402A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A8A

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A8A	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.151 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d65ad',
    500: '#402a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a8a;
$custom-light: #7d65ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.75,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37331,
    "c": 0.15071,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A8A

secondary

#A0B45B

accent

#DD4BBB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A8A

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

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