#402C8B#402C8B

#402C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.149 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C8B
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(253, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(253, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 34.96, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 60.93, 305.01°)
OKLab	oklab(37.73% 0.0425 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(37.73% 0.149 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6739, 4.7550, 24.9346)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C8B #778B2C

analogous

#2C478B #402C8B #6F2C8B

triadic

#402C8B #8B402C #2C8B40

tetradic

#402C8B #8B2C47 #778B2C #2C8B6F

square

#402C8B #8B2C47 #778B2C #2C8B6F

split-complementary

#402C8B #8B6F2C #478B2C

monochromatic

#150F2E #2B1D5D #402C8B #553BB9 #7A64CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#402C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#402C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C8B

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C8B	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.149 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d66ae',
    500: '#402c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c8b;
$custom-light: #7d66ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.632,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37732,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C8B

secondary

#A2B45F

accent

#DB4CBD

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C8B

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

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