#402A8D#402A8D

#402A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.155 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A8D
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 36.76, -51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 63.33, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0441 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.155 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7486, 4.6686, 25.6870)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A8D #778D2A

analogous

#2A468D #402A8D #712A8D

triadic

#402A8D #8D402A #2A8D40

tetradic

#402A8D #8D2A46 #778D2A #2A8D71

square

#402A8D #8D2A46 #778D2A #2A8D71

split-complementary

#402A8D #8D712A #468D2A

monochromatic

#150E2F #2B1C5E #402A8D #5538BC #7A61D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#402A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#402A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A8D

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A8D	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214358

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.155 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d65af',
    500: '#402a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a8d;
$custom-light: #7d65af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37602,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A8D

secondary

#A2B65D

accent

#DD4ABD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A8D

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

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