#402C8E#402C8E

#402C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.153 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C8E
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 35.91, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 62.65, 304.97°)
OKLab	oklab(38% 0.042 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.153 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8961, 4.8439, 26.1048)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C8E #7A8E2C

analogous

#2C498E #402C8E #712C8E

triadic

#402C8E #8E402C #2C8E40

tetradic

#402C8E #8E2C49 #7A8E2C #2C8E71

square

#402C8E #8E2C49 #7A8E2C #2C8E71

split-complementary

#402C8E #8E712C #498E2C

monochromatic

#160F31 #2B1E5F #402C8E #553ABD #7B65CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#402C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#402C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C8E

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C8E	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#204559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.153 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d67b0',
    500: '#402c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c8e;
$custom-light: #7d67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.245,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C8E

secondary

#A4B660

accent

#DC4CBF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C8E

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

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