#402E8B#402E8B

#402E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.147 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E8B
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 139)
HSL	hsl(252, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(252, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 66.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.47, 33.76, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.47, 59.65, 304.47°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0405 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.147 286)
XYZ	xyz(7.7502, 4.9077, 24.9600)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E8B #798B2E

analogous

#2E4B8B #402E8B #6F2E8B

triadic

#402E8B #8B402E #2E8B40

tetradic

#402E8B #8B2E4B #798B2E #2E8B6F

square

#402E8B #8B2E4B #798B2E #2E8B6F

split-complementary

#402E8B #8B6F2E #4B8B2E

monochromatic

#16102F #2B1F5D #402E8B #553DB9 #7A67CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#402E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#402E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E8B

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E8B	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.147 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c68ae',
    500: '#402e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e8b;
$custom-light: #7c68ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.613,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38053,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.04908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E8B

secondary

#A4B361

accent

#DA4EBF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E8B

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

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