#402CA1#402CA1

#402CA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.178 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402CA1
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 72.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.02, 41.87, -60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.02, 73.29, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(39.77% 0.0385 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(39.77% 0.178 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4461, 5.4639, 34.2682)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402CA1 #8DA12C

analogous

#2C53A1 #402CA1 #7A2CA1

triadic

#402CA1 #A1402C #2CA140

tetradic

#402CA1 #A12C53 #8DA12C #2CA17A

square

#402CA1 #A12C53 #8DA12C #2CA17A

split-complementary

#402CA1 #A17A2C #53A12C

monochromatic

#1A1241 #2D1F71 #402CA1 #5740CB #8170D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#402CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#402CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402CA1

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402CA1	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.178 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067be',
    500: '#402ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402ca1;
$custom-light: #8067be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.256,
    "s": 57.073,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39771,
    "c": 0.17755,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402CA1

secondary

#B0BF6A

accent

#E047C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402CA1

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

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