#402B8D#402B8D

#402B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.153 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402B8D
RGB	rgb(64, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.98, 36.18, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.98, 62.71, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.76% 0.0432 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(37.76% 0.153 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7845, 4.7404, 25.6989)
Luminance	0.0474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402B8D #788D2B

analogous

#2B478D #402B8D #712B8D

triadic

#402B8D #8D402B #2B8D40

tetradic

#402B8D #8D2B47 #788D2B #2B8D71

square

#402B8D #8D2B47 #788D2B #2B8D71

split-complementary

#402B8D #8D712B #478D2B

monochromatic

#150E2F #2B1D5E #402B8D #5539BC #7A63CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.78

#402B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#402B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402B8D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402B8D	1.00	10.78	1.95	10.78
#FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.153 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d66af',
    500: '#402b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402b8d;
$custom-light: #7d66af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37755,
    "c": 0.15333,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402B8D

secondary

#A3B65E

accent

#DD4BBD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402B8D

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

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