#402C9F#402C9F

#402C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.175 H 282.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C9F
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, 41.25, -59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 72.19, 304.85°)
OKLab	oklab(39.58% 0.039 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(39.58% 0.175 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.2711, 5.3939, 33.3468)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C9F #8B9F2C

analogous

#2C519F #402C9F #7A2C9F

triadic

#402C9F #9F402C #2C9F40

tetradic

#402C9F #9F2C51 #8B9F2C #2C9F7A

square

#402C9F #9F2C51 #8B9F2C #2C9F7A

split-complementary

#402C9F #9F7A2C #519F2C

monochromatic

#19113F #2D1F6F #402C9F #573ECA #816ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#402C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#402C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C9F

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C9F	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#014B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.175 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067bc',
    500: '#402c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c9f;
$custom-light: #8067bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.435,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39579,
    "c": 0.17507,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C9F

secondary

#AFBE69

accent

#E048C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C9F

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

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