#402AA7#402AA7

#402AA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.187 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AA7
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 167)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 74.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, 44.82, -63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 77.70, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% 0.0387 -0.183)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.187 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.9152, 5.5352, 37.0976)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402AA7 #91A72A

analogous

#2A52A7 #402AA7 #7E2AA7

triadic

#402AA7 #A7402A #2AA740

tetradic

#402AA7 #A72A52 #91A72A #2AA77E

square

#402AA7 #A72A52 #91A72A #2AA77E

split-complementary

#402AA7 #A77E2A #52A72A

monochromatic

#1B1145 #2D1E76 #402AA7 #593FCF #8370DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#402AA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#402AA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AA7

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AA7	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.187 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266c2',
    500: '#402aa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aa7;
$custom-light: #8266c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.56,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40081,
    "c": 0.18705,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AA7

secondary

#B3C26B

accent

#E345C7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AA7

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

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