#402D99#402D99

#402D99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.166 H 283.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D99
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 153)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 70.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.48, 38.79, -56.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.48, 68.25, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.16% 0.0393 -0.1616)
OKLCH	oklch(39.16% 0.166 283.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8007, 5.2661, 30.6835)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D99 #86992D

analogous

#2D5099 #402D99 #762D99

triadic

#402D99 #99402D #2D9940

tetradic

#402D99 #992D50 #86992D #2D9976

square

#402D99 #992D50 #86992D #2D9976

split-complementary

#402D99 #99762D #50992D

monochromatic

#18113A #2C1F6A #402D99 #553DC6 #7F6CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.23

#402D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#402D99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D99

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D99	1.00	10.23	2.05	10.23
#FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.166 283.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f68b8',
    500: '#402d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d99;
$custom-light: #7f68b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.556,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3916,
    "c": 0.16633,
    "h": 283.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D99

secondary

#ACBB67

accent

#DE4AC4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D99

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

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