#402BA2#402BA2

#402BA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.180 H 282.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402BA2
RGB	rgb(64, 43, 162)
HSL	hsl(251, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.91, 42.74, -60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.91, 74.42, 305.05°)
OKLab	oklab(39.73% 0.0391 -0.1756)
OKLCH	oklch(39.73% 0.18 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4978, 5.4257, 34.7222)
Luminance	0.0543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402BA2 #8DA22B

analogous

#2B52A2 #402BA2 #7B2BA2

triadic

#402BA2 #A2402B #2BA240

tetradic

#402BA2 #A22B52 #8DA22B #2BA27B

square

#402BA2 #A22B52 #8DA22B #2BA27B

split-complementary

#402BA2 #A27B2B #52A22B

monochromatic

#1A1141 #2D1E72 #402BA2 #573ECC #816FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#402BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#402BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402BA2

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402BA2	1.00	10.07	2.09	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 43, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.180 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8167bf',
    500: '#402ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402ba2;
$custom-light: #8167bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.588,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39727,
    "c": 0.17989,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402BA2

secondary

#B0C069

accent

#E147C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402BA2

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

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