#402D9E#402D9E

#402D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.173 H 282.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D9E
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.94, 40.37, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.94, 71.04, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.63% 0.0383 -0.1684)
OKLCH	oklch(39.63% 0.173 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2224, 5.4348, 32.9042)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D9E #8B9E2D

analogous

#2D539E #402D9E #782D9E

triadic

#402D9E #9E402D #2D9E40

tetradic

#402D9E #9E2D53 #8B9E2D #2D9E78

square

#402D9E #9E2D53 #8B9E2D #2D9E78

split-complementary

#402D9E #9E782D #539E2D

monochromatic

#19123F #2D1F6E #402D9E #5740C9 #816FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.06

#402D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#402D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D9E

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D9E	1.00	10.06	2.09	10.06
#FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#044B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.173 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068bc',
    500: '#402d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d9e;
$custom-light: #8068bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.088,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39629,
    "c": 0.17268,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D9E

secondary

#AFBD69

accent

#DF49C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D9E

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

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