#402D8A#402D8A

#402D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.147 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D8A
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 51%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 67.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.16, 34.04, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.16, 59.72, 304.76°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0416 -0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.147 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6388, 4.8014, 24.5641)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D8A #778A2D

analogous

#2D488A #402D8A #6E2D8A

triadic

#402D8A #8A402D #2D8A40

tetradic

#402D8A #8A2D48 #778A2D #2D8A6E

square

#402D8A #8A2D48 #778A2D #2D8A6E

split-complementary

#402D8A #8A6E2D #488A2D

monochromatic

#150F2E #2B1E5C #402D8A #553CB8 #7A65CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#402D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#402D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D8A

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D8A	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.147 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c67ad',
    500: '#402d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d8a;
$custom-light: #7c67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.258,
    "s": 50.82,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37804,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D8A

secondary

#A2B360

accent

#DA4DBE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D8A

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

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