#402AA0#402AA0

#402AA0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.178 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AA0
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 160)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 73.8%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.53, 42.66, -60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.53, 73.91, 305.26°)
OKLab	oklab(39.39% 0.0403 -0.1739)
OKLCH	oklch(39.39% 0.179 283)
XYZ	xyz(9.2855, 5.2834, 33.7814)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402AA0 #8AA02A

analogous

#2A4FA0 #402AA0 #7B2AA0

triadic

#402AA0 #A0402A #2AA040

tetradic

#402AA0 #A02A4F #8AA02A #2AA07B

square

#402AA0 #A02A4F #8AA02A #2AA07B

split-complementary

#402AA0 #A07B2A #4FA02A

monochromatic

#19113F #2D1D70 #402AA0 #563CCC #806CD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#402AA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#402AA0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AA0

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AA0	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.178 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066bd',
    500: '#402aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aa0;
$custom-light: #8066bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.186,
    "s": 58.416,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39394,
    "c": 0.1785,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.05284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AA0

secondary

#AFBF67

accent

#E246C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AA0

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

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