#402E68#402E68

#402E68 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.098 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E68
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 104)
HSL	hsl(259, 39%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(259, 56%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.5%, 55.8%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.81, 22.82, -31.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.81, 38.72, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.0417 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.098 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5894, 4.0434, 13.5800)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E68 #56682E

analogous

#2E3968 #402E68 #5D2E68

triadic

#402E68 #68402E #2E6840

tetradic

#402E68 #682E39 #56682E #2E685D

square

#402E68 #682E39 #56682E #2E685D

split-complementary

#402E68 #685D2E #39682E

monochromatic

#0D0915 #261B3E #402E68 #5A4192 #775AB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#402E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#402E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E68

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E68	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16396A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#363A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.098 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#776793',
    500: '#402e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e68;
$custom-light: #776793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35266,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E68

secondary

#859A58

accent

#CF59AA

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EDEBF1

border

#C8C6CB

text

#09060D

muted

#7B7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E68

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

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