#402AA5#402AA5

#402AA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.185 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AA5
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 165)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 74.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 44.20, -62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 76.62, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.0392 -0.1804)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.185 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.7317, 5.4619, 36.1314)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402AA5 #8FA52A

analogous

#2A51A5 #402AA5 #7D2AA5

triadic

#402AA5 #A5402A #2AA540

tetradic

#402AA5 #A52A51 #8FA52A #2AA57D

square

#402AA5 #A52A51 #8FA52A #2AA57D

split-complementary

#402AA5 #A57D2A #51A52A

monochromatic

#1A1143 #2D1E74 #402AA5 #583ECE #826FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#402AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#402AA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AA5

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AA5	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.185 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8166c1',
    500: '#402aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aa5;
$custom-light: #8166c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.732,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39884,
    "c": 0.18463,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AA5

secondary

#B2C169

accent

#E345C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AA5

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

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