#402AAE#402AAE

#402AAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.195 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402AAE
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 174)
HSL	hsl(250, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(250, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 75.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.91, 46.96, -66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.91, 81.43, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.037 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.195 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5799, 5.8011, 40.5984)
Luminance	0.0580 (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

#402AAE #98AE2A

analogous

#2A56AE #402AAE #822AAE

triadic

#402AAE #AE402A #2AAE40

tetradic

#402AAE #AE2A56 #98AE2A #2AAE82

square

#402AAE #AE2A56 #98AE2A #2AAE82

split-complementary

#402AAE #AE822A #56AE2A

monochromatic

#1C124B #2E1E7D #402AAE #5B43D2 #8675DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#402AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#402AAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402AAE

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402AAE	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.195 280.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40782,
    "c": 0.19548,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402AAE

secondary

#B7C56F

accent

#E444C9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #402AAE

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

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