#402D9F#402D9F

#402D9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.174 H 282.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D9F
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 159)
HSL	hsl(250, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(250, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 71.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.03, 40.68, -58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.03, 71.59, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.72% 0.0382 -0.1697)
OKLCH	oklch(39.72% 0.174 282.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3088, 5.4693, 33.3593)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D9F #8C9F2D

analogous

#2D539F #402D9F #792D9F

triadic

#402D9F #9F402D #2D9F40

tetradic

#402D9F #9F2D53 #8C9F2D #2D9F79

square

#402D9F #9F2D53 #8C9F2D #2D9F79

split-complementary

#402D9F #9F792D #539F2D

monochromatic

#1A1240 #2D206F #402D9F #5740C9 #8170D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#402D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#402D9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D9F

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D9F	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#014C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.174 282.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068bc',
    500: '#402d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d9f;
$custom-light: #8068bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39724,
    "c": 0.17394,
    "h": 282.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D9F

secondary

#B0BE6A

accent

#DF49C6

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF7

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D9F

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

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