#402E8F#402E8F

#402E8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.152 H 285.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E8F
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 143)
HSL	hsl(251, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(251, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 67.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.81, 35.03, -51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.81, 61.96, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(38.41% 0.0399 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(38.41% 0.152 285.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0478, 5.0267, 26.5275)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E8F #7D8F2E

analogous

#2E4D8F #402E8F #712E8F

triadic

#402E8F #8F402E #2E8F40

tetradic

#402E8F #8F2E4D #7D8F2E #2E8F71

square

#402E8F #8F2E4D #7D8F2E #2E8F71

split-complementary

#402E8F #8F712E #4D8F2E

monochromatic

#171032 #2B1F61 #402E8F #553DBD #7C69CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#402E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#402E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E8F

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E8F	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.152 285.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d68b1',
    500: '#402e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e8f;
$custom-light: #7d68b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.134,
    "s": 51.323,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38406,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 285.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E8F

secondary

#A6B663

accent

#DB4DC0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0A0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E8F

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

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