#402AA1#402AA1

#402AA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.180 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AA1
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 161)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.62, 42.97, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.62, 74.45, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0401 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.18 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3733, 5.3185, 34.2439)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402AA1 #8BA12A

analogous

#2A50A1 #402AA1 #7B2AA1

triadic

#402AA1 #A1402A #2AA140

tetradic

#402AA1 #A12A50 #8BA12A #2AA17B

square

#402AA1 #A12A50 #8BA12A #2AA17B

split-complementary

#402AA1 #A17B2A #50A12A

monochromatic

#191140 #2D1D70 #402AA1 #573CCC #816DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#402AA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#402AA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AA1

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AA1	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.180 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166be',
    500: '#402aa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aa1;
$custom-light: #8166be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.092,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39491,
    "c": 0.17973,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AA1

secondary

#AFC067

accent

#E246C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AA1

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

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