#402BAE#402BAE

#402BAE is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.194 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402BAE
RGB	rgb(64, 43, 174)
HSL	hsl(250, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(250, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 75.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 46.44, -66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 80.88, 305.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% 0.0363 -0.1911)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.194 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6158, 5.8729, 40.6104)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402BAE #99AE2B

analogous

#2B58AE #402BAE #812BAE

triadic

#402BAE #AE402B #2BAE40

tetradic

#402BAE #AE2B58 #99AE2B #2BAE81

square

#402BAE #AE2B58 #99AE2B #2BAE81

split-complementary

#402BAE #AE812B #58AE2B

monochromatic

#1C134C #2E1F7D #402BAE #5C45D1 #8776DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#402BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#402BAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402BAE

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402BAE	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 43, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.194 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367c7',
    500: '#402bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402bae;
$custom-light: #8367c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.618,
    "s": 60.369,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40912,
    "c": 0.19449,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402BAE

secondary

#B7C570

accent

#E444CA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #402BAE

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

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