#402E8A#402E8A

#402E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.145 H 286.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E8A
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.39, 33.44, -48.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.39, 59.07, 304.48°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.0406 -0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.146 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6774, 4.8786, 24.5769)
Luminance	0.0488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E8A #788A2E

analogous

#2E4A8A #402E8A #6E2E8A

triadic

#402E8A #8A402E #2E8A40

tetradic

#402E8A #8A2E4A #788A2E #2E8A6E

square

#402E8A #8A2E4A #788A2E #2E8A6E

split-complementary

#402E8A #8A6E2E #4A8A2E

monochromatic

#150F2E #2B1F5C #402E8A #553DB8 #7A66CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#402E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#402E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E8A

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E8A	1.00	10.63	1.98	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.145 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c68ad',
    500: '#402e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e8a;
$custom-light: #7c68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.739,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37966,
    "c": 0.1455,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E8A

secondary

#A3B361

accent

#DA4EBE

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E8A

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

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