#402B8A#402B8A

#402B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.149 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402B8A
RGB	rgb(64, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.72, 35.24, -49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.72, 60.99, 305.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0436 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.149 287)
XYZ	xyz(7.5643, 4.6523, 24.5392)
Luminance	0.0465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402B8A #758A2B

analogous

#2B458A #402B8A #6F2B8A

triadic

#402B8A #8A402B #2B8A40

tetradic

#402B8A #8A2B45 #758A2B #2B8A6F

square

#402B8A #8A2B45 #758A2B #2B8A6F

split-complementary

#402B8A #8A6F2B #458A2B

monochromatic

#150E2D #2A1C5B #402B8A #563AB9 #7961CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.88

#402B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#402B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402B8A

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402B8A	1.00	10.88	1.93	10.88
#FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.149 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c66ad',
    500: '#402b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402b8a;
$custom-light: #7c66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.263,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37486,
    "c": 0.14943,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.04653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402B8A

secondary

#A1B45D

accent

#DC4CBC

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402B8A

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

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