#402AA2#402AA2

#402AA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.181 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AA2
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 162)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 74.1%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.72, 43.28, -61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.72, 75.00, 305.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.0398 -0.1765)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.181 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4619, 5.3539, 34.7102)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402AA2 #8CA22A

analogous

#2A50A2 #402AA2 #7C2AA2

triadic

#402AA2 #A2402A #2AA240

tetradic

#402AA2 #A22A50 #8CA22A #2AA27C

square

#402AA2 #A22A50 #8CA22A #2AA27C

split-complementary

#402AA2 #A27C2A #50A22A

monochromatic

#1A1141 #2D1D71 #402AA2 #573DCD #816DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#402AA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#402AA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AA2

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AA2	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aa2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.181 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166bf',
    500: '#402aa2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aa2;
$custom-light: #8166bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aa2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39589,
    "c": 0.18096,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AA2

secondary

#B0C068

accent

#E246C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AA2

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

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