#402E66#402E66

#402E66 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.095 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E66
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 102)
HSL	hsl(259, 38%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 55%, 40%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.3%, 54.9%, 0%, 60%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 22.22, -30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 37.49, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.0416 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.095 296)
XYZ	xyz(5.4890, 4.0032, 13.0513)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E66 #54662E

analogous

#2E3866 #402E66 #5C2E66

triadic

#402E66 #66402E #2E6640

tetradic

#402E66 #662E38 #54662E #2E665C

square

#402E66 #662E38 #54662E #2E665C

split-complementary

#402E66 #665C2E #38662E

monochromatic

#0D0A15 #261B3C #402E66 #5A4190 #775AB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#402E66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#402E66 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E66

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E66	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183968

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.095 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776792',
    500: '#402e66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e66;
$custom-light: #776792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.286,
    "s": 37.838,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35125,
    "c": 0.09495,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E66

secondary

#839858

accent

#CE5AA9

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EDEBF1

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09060D

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E66

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

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