#402B99#402B99

#402B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.169 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402B99
RGB	rgb(64, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.07, 39.93, -56.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.07, 69.46, 305.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.86% 0.041 -0.1636)
OKLCH	oklch(38.86% 0.169 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.7262, 5.1171, 30.6587)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402B99 #84992B

analogous

#2B4D99 #402B99 #772B99

triadic

#402B99 #99402B #2B9940

tetradic

#402B99 #992B4D #84992B #2B9977

square

#402B99 #992B4D #84992B #2B9977

split-complementary

#402B99 #99772B #4D992B

monochromatic

#181039 #2C1E69 #402B99 #553AC8 #7E69D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#402B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#402B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402B99

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402B99	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.169 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f66b8',
    500: '#402b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402b99;
$custom-light: #7f66b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.455,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38864,
    "c": 0.16867,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402B99

secondary

#ABBC64

accent

#DF48C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402B99

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

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