#402CA3#402CA3

#402CA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.180 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402CA3
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 163)
HSL	hsl(250, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 73%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.21, 42.49, -61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.21, 74.38, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0381 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.18 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6238, 5.5350, 35.2045)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402CA3 #8FA32C

analogous

#2C53A3 #402CA3 #7B2CA3

triadic

#402CA3 #A3402C #2CA340

tetradic

#402CA3 #A32C53 #8FA32C #2CA37B

square

#402CA3 #A32C53 #8FA32C #2CA37B

split-complementary

#402CA3 #A37B2C #53A32C

monochromatic

#1A1243 #2D1F73 #402CA3 #5841CC #8271D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#402CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#402CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402CA3

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402CA3	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.180 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8167bf',
    500: '#402ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402ca3;
$custom-light: #8167bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.084,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39964,
    "c": 0.18004,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402CA3

secondary

#B2C06B

accent

#E147C7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402CA3

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

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