#402C8A#402C8A

#402C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.148 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C8A
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.94, 34.65, -49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.94, 60.36, 305.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.64% 0.0426 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(37.64% 0.148 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6011, 4.7259, 24.5515)
Luminance	0.0473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C8A #768A2C

analogous

#2C478A #402C8A #6F2C8A

triadic

#402C8A #8A402C #2C8A40

tetradic

#402C8A #8A2C47 #768A2C #2C8A6F

square

#402C8A #8A2C47 #768A2C #2C8A6F

split-complementary

#402C8A #8A6F2C #478A2C

monochromatic

#150E2D #2A1D5C #402C8A #563BB8 #7A63CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#402C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#402C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C8A

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C8A	1.00	10.80	1.95	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.148 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c66ad',
    500: '#402c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c8a;
$custom-light: #7c66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.766,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37643,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C8A

secondary

#A1B45E

accent

#DB4DBD

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C8A

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

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