#402C8D#402C8D

#402C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.152 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C8D
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 35.59, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 62.08, 304.98°)
OKLab	oklab(37.91% 0.0422 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(37.91% 0.152 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8213, 4.8140, 25.7112)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C8D #798D2C

analogous

#2C498D #402C8D #712C8D

triadic

#402C8D #8D402C #2C8D40

tetradic

#402C8D #8D2C49 #798D2C #2C8D71

square

#402C8D #8D2C49 #798D2C #2C8D71

split-complementary

#402C8D #8D712C #498D2C

monochromatic

#160F30 #2B1D5E #402C8D #553BBC #7A65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#402C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#402C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C8D

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C8D	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.152 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d67af',
    500: '#402c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c8d;
$custom-light: #7d67af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.371,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3791,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C8D

secondary

#A4B560

accent

#DC4CBE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C8D

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

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