#402B8E#402B8E

#402B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.155 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402B8E
RGB	rgb(64, 43, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 69.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, 36.49, -51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 63.28, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.043 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.155 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8593, 4.7703, 26.0926)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402B8E #798E2B

analogous

#2B488E #402B8E #722B8E

triadic

#402B8E #8E402B #2B8E40

tetradic

#402B8E #8E2B48 #798E2B #2B8E72

square

#402B8E #8E2B48 #798E2B #2B8E72

split-complementary

#402B8E #8E722B #488E2B

monochromatic

#160F30 #2B1D5F #402B8E #5539BD #7A63D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#402B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#402B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402B8E

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402B8E	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204459

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 43, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.155 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d66b0',
    500: '#402b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402b8e;
$custom-light: #7d66b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37846,
    "c": 0.15463,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402B8E

secondary

#A4B65F

accent

#DD4BBE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402B8E

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

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