#402AAD#402AAD

#402AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.194 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AAD
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(250, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 46.66, -66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 80.90, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0372 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.194 281)
XYZ	xyz(10.4828, 5.7623, 40.0869)
Luminance	0.0576 (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

#402AAD #97AD2A

analogous

#2A56AD #402AAD #812AAD

triadic

#402AAD #AD402A #2AAD40

tetradic

#402AAD #AD2A56 #97AD2A #2AAD81

square

#402AAD #AD2A56 #97AD2A #2AAD81

split-complementary

#402AAD #AD812A #56AD2A

monochromatic

#1C124B #2E1E7C #402AAD #5B43D1 #8674DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#402AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#402AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AAD

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AAD	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.194 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367c7',
    500: '#402aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402aad;
$custom-light: #8367c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.076,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40681,
    "c": 0.19429,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.05763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AAD

secondary

#B6C56E

accent

#E444C9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AAD

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

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