#402CA4#402CA4

#402CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.181 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402CA4
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(250, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(250, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 42.81, -61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 74.93, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0379 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.181 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.7138, 5.5710, 35.6782)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.61

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402CA4 #90A42C

analogous

#2C54A4 #402CA4 #7C2CA4

triadic

#402CA4 #A4402C #2CA440

tetradic

#402CA4 #A42C54 #90A42C #2CA47C

square

#402CA4 #A42C54 #90A42C #2CA47C

split-complementary

#402CA4 #A47C2C #54A42C

monochromatic

#1A1243 #2D1F74 #402CA4 #5841CC #8371D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#402CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#402CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402CA4

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402CA4	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.181 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8167c0',
    500: '#402ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402ca4;
$custom-light: #8167c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4006,
    "c": 0.18128,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402CA4

secondary

#B2C06B

accent

#E147C7

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402CA4

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

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