#402C8F#402C8F

#402C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.155 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C8F
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 143)
HSL	hsl(252, 53%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 69.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 36.22, -51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 63.22, 304.95°)
OKLab	oklab(38.09% 0.0419 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(38.09% 0.155 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9715, 4.8741, 26.5020)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C8F #7B8F2C

analogous

#2C4A8F #402C8F #722C8F

triadic

#402C8F #8F402C #2C8F40

tetradic

#402C8F #8F2C4A #7B8F2C #2C8F72

square

#402C8F #8F2C4A #7B8F2C #2C8F72

split-complementary

#402C8F #8F722C #4A8F2C

monochromatic

#160F31 #2B1E60 #402C8F #553ABE #7B66D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#402C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#402C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C8F

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C8F	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E455A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.155 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d67b1',
    500: '#402c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c8f;
$custom-light: #7d67b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.121,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3809,
    "c": 0.15467,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C8F

secondary

#A5B661

accent

#DC4BBF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C8F

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

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