#402D8F#402D8F

#402D8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.153 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D8F
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 143)
HSL	hsl(252, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(252, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 68.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.59, 35.63, -51.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.59, 62.59, 304.70°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% 0.0409 -0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.153 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0092, 4.9495, 26.5146)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D8F #7C8F2D

analogous

#2D4B8F #402D8F #712D8F

triadic

#402D8F #8F402D #2D8F40

tetradic

#402D8F #8F2D4B #7C8F2D #2D8F71

square

#402D8F #8F2D4B #7C8F2D #2D8F71

split-complementary

#402D8F #8F712D #4B8F2D

monochromatic

#161032 #2B1E60 #402D8F #553CBE #7B67CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#402D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#402D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D8F

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D8F	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.153 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d67b1',
    500: '#402d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d8f;
$custom-light: #7d67b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.633,
    "s": 52.128,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38247,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D8F

secondary

#A6B662

accent

#DC4CC0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D8F

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

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