#402A8E#402A8E

#402A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.156 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A8E
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 70.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.86, 37.08, -52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.86, 63.90, 305.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0439 -0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.156 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8233, 4.6985, 26.0806)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A8E #788E2A

analogous

#2A468E #402A8E #722A8E

triadic

#402A8E #8E402A #2A8E40

tetradic

#402A8E #8E2A46 #788E2A #2A8E72

square

#402A8E #8E2A46 #788E2A #2A8E72

split-complementary

#402A8E #8E722A #468E2A

monochromatic

#150E30 #2B1C5F #402A8E #5538BD #7A62D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#402A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#402A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A8E

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A8E	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.156 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d65b0',
    500: '#402a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a8e;
$custom-light: #7d65b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.2,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37693,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A8E

secondary

#A3B65D

accent

#DE4ABD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A8E

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

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