#402AAA#402AAA

#402AAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.191 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AAA
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 170)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 45.74, -64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 79.31, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.38% 0.038 -0.1869)
OKLCH	oklch(40.38% 0.191 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.1957, 5.6475, 38.5752)
Luminance	0.0565 (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

#402AAA #94AA2A

analogous

#2A54AA #402AAA #802AAA

triadic

#402AAA #AA402A #2AAA40

tetradic

#402AAA #AA2A54 #94AA2A #2AAA80

square

#402AAA #AA2A54 #94AA2A #2AAA80

split-complementary

#402AAA #AA802A #54AA2A

monochromatic

#1B1248 #2E1E79 #402AAA #5A41D0 #8472DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#402AAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#402AAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AAA

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AAA	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.191 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267c4',
    500: '#402aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aaa;
$custom-light: #8267c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.313,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4038,
    "c": 0.19068,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AAA

secondary

#B4C36C

accent

#E444C8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AAA

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

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