#402AA3#402AA3

#402AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.182 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AA3
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.82, 43.59, -61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.82, 75.54, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.69% 0.0396 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(39.69% 0.182 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5511, 5.3896, 35.1802)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402AA3 #8DA32A

analogous

#2A51A3 #402AA3 #7C2AA3

triadic

#402AA3 #A3402A #2AA340

tetradic

#402AA3 #A32A51 #8DA32A #2AA37C

square

#402AA3 #A32A51 #8DA32A #2AA37C

split-complementary

#402AA3 #A37C2A #51A32A

monochromatic

#1A1142 #2D1D72 #402AA3 #573DCD #816EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#402AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#402AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AA3

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AA3	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003DA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.182 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166bf',
    500: '#402aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aa3;
$custom-light: #8166bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39687,
    "c": 0.18218,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AA3

secondary

#B0C068

accent

#E246C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AA3

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

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