#402D8E#402D8E

#402D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.152 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D8E
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.50, 35.31, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.50, 62.02, 304.71°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0411 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.152 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9338, 4.9193, 26.1174)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D8E #7B8E2D

analogous

#2D4A8E #402D8E #712D8E

triadic

#402D8E #8E402D #2D8E40

tetradic

#402D8E #8E2D4A #7B8E2D #2D8E71

square

#402D8E #8E2D4A #7B8E2D #2D8E71

split-complementary

#402D8E #8E712D #4A8E2D

monochromatic

#161031 #2B1E60 #402D8E #553CBC #7B67CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#402D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#402D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D8E

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D8E	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.152 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d67b0',
    500: '#402d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d8e;
$custom-light: #7d67b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.753,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38157,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D8E

secondary

#A5B561

accent

#DB4CBF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0A0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D8E

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

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