#402A96#402A96

#402A96 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.166 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A96
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 150)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 72%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.58, 39.57, -55.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.58, 68.39, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0424 -0.1605)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.166 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4457, 4.9474, 29.3582)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A96 #80962A

analogous

#2A4A96 #402A96 #762A96

triadic

#402A96 #96402A #2A9640

tetradic

#402A96 #962A4A #80962A #2A9676

square

#402A96 #962A4A #80962A #2A9676

split-complementary

#402A96 #96762A #4A962A

monochromatic

#170F36 #2C1D66 #402A96 #5437C6 #7D66D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#402A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#402A96 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A96

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A96	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16475D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.166 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f66b6',
    500: '#402a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a96;
$custom-light: #7f66b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.222,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38436,
    "c": 0.16604,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A96

secondary

#A8BA61

accent

#E048C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A96

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

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