#402AA8#402AA8

#402AA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.188 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AA8
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 75%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 45.13, -63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 78.23, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.18% 0.0384 -0.1843)
OKLCH	oklch(40.18% 0.188 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.0080, 5.5724, 37.5864)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402AA8 #92A82A

analogous

#2A53A8 #402AA8 #7F2AA8

triadic

#402AA8 #A8402A #2AA840

tetradic

#402AA8 #A82A53 #92A82A #2AA87F

square

#402AA8 #A82A53 #92A82A #2AA87F

split-complementary

#402AA8 #A87F2A #53A82A

monochromatic

#1B1246 #2D1E77 #402AA8 #5940CF #8471DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#402AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#402AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AA8

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AA8	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.188 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266c3',
    500: '#402aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aa8;
$custom-light: #8266c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.476,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40181,
    "c": 0.18827,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AA8

secondary

#B3C36B

accent

#E345C7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AA8

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

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