#402D9D#402D9D

#402D9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.171 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D9D
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 157)
HSL	hsl(250, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(250, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.85, 40.05, -58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.85, 70.48, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.53% 0.0385 -0.167)
OKLCH	oklch(39.53% 0.171 283)
XYZ	xyz(9.1367, 5.4005, 32.4527)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D9D #8A9D2D

analogous

#2D529D #402D9D #782D9D

triadic

#402D9D #9D402D #2D9D40

tetradic

#402D9D #9D2D52 #8A9D2D #2D9D78

square

#402D9D #9D2D52 #8A9D2D #2D9D78

split-complementary

#402D9D #9D782D #529D2D

monochromatic

#19123E #2D1F6D #402D9D #563FC8 #806FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#402D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#402D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D9D

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D9D	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#074B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.171 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068bb',
    500: '#402d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d9d;
$custom-light: #8068bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.179,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39534,
    "c": 0.17142,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.05401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D9D

secondary

#AFBD69

accent

#DF49C5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D9D

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

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