#402AA9#402AA9

#402AA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.189 H 281.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AA9
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 75.1%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 45.43, -64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 78.77, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.0382 -0.1856)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.189 281.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.1015, 5.6098, 38.0789)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402AA9 #93A92A

analogous

#2A54A9 #402AA9 #802AA9

triadic

#402AA9 #A9402A #2AA940

tetradic

#402AA9 #A92A54 #93A92A #2AA980

square

#402AA9 #A92A54 #93A92A #2AA980

split-complementary

#402AA9 #A9802A #54A92A

monochromatic

#1B1247 #2D1E78 #402AA9 #5941D0 #8472DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#402AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#402AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AA9

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AA9	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.189 281.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8266c4',
    500: '#402aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aa9;
$custom-light: #8266c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.394,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4028,
    "c": 0.18947,
    "h": 281.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AA9

secondary

#B4C36C

accent

#E344C8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AA9

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

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