#402A99#402A99

#402A99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.170 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A99
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 153)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.86, 40.50, -57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.86, 70.06, 305.31°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0418 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.17 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.6903, 5.0453, 30.6467)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A99 #83992A

analogous

#2A4B99 #402A99 #772A99

triadic

#402A99 #99402A #2A9940

tetradic

#402A99 #992A4B #83992A #2A9977

square

#402A99 #992A4B #83992A #2A9977

split-complementary

#402A99 #99772A #4B992A

monochromatic

#181039 #2C1D69 #402A99 #5438C8 #7E68D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#402A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#402A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A99

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A99	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.170 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f66b8',
    500: '#402a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a99;
$custom-light: #7f66b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.892,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3872,
    "c": 0.16981,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A99

secondary

#AABC63

accent

#E048C2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A99

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

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