#402C9E#402C9E

#402C9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.174 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C9E
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 72.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.74, 40.93, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.74, 71.64, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0392 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.174 283)
XYZ	xyz(9.1847, 5.3594, 32.8916)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C9E #8A9E2C

analogous

#2C519E #402C9E #792C9E

triadic

#402C9E #9E402C #2C9E40

tetradic

#402C9E #9E2C51 #8A9E2C #2C9E79

square

#402C9E #9E2C51 #8A9E2C #2C9E79

split-complementary

#402C9E #9E792C #519E2C

monochromatic

#19113E #2D1F6E #402C9E #563EC9 #806ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#402C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#402C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C9E

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C9E	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#044B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.174 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067bc',
    500: '#402c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c9e;
$custom-light: #8067bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39483,
    "c": 0.17381,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.0536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C9E

secondary

#AFBE68

accent

#E048C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C9E

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

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