#402E89#402E89

#402E89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.144 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E89
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 137)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(252, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 66.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.30, 33.12, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.30, 58.49, 304.49°)
OKLab	oklab(37.88% 0.0407 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(37.88% 0.144 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6054, 4.8497, 24.1974)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E89 #77892E

analogous

#2E4989 #402E89 #6D2E89

triadic

#402E89 #89402E #2E8940

tetradic

#402E89 #892E49 #77892E #2E896D

square

#402E89 #892E49 #77892E #2E896D

split-complementary

#402E89 #896D2E #49892E

monochromatic

#150F2D #2B1F5B #402E89 #553DB7 #7A66CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#402E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#402E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E89

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E89	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.144 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c68ac',
    500: '#402e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e89;
$custom-light: #7c68ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.868,
    "s": 49.727,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3788,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E89

secondary

#A2B260

accent

#D94FBE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E89

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

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