#402CA9#402CA9

#402CA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.187 H 281.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402CA9
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(250, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(250, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.79, 44.36, -63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.79, 77.64, 304.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0368 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.187 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1742, 5.7552, 38.1031)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402CA9 #95A92C

analogous

#2C57A9 #402CA9 #7F2CA9

triadic

#402CA9 #A9402C #2CA940

tetradic

#402CA9 #A92C57 #95A92C #2CA97F

square

#402CA9 #A92C57 #95A92C #2CA97F

split-complementary

#402CA9 #A97F2C #57A92C

monochromatic

#1B1348 #2E1F78 #402CA9 #5A44CE #8574DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#402CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#402CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402CA9

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402CA9	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.187 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8268c4',
    500: '#402ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402ca9;
$custom-light: #8268c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.6,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40549,
    "c": 0.18742,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402CA9

secondary

#B5C36E

accent

#E246C9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #402CA9

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

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