#402E9A#402E9A

#402E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.166 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E9A
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(250, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(250, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.78, 38.53, -56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.78, 68.20, 304.40°)
OKLab	oklab(39.4% 0.0382 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(39.4% 0.166 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9223, 5.3765, 31.1332)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E9A #889A2E

analogous

#2E529A #402E9A #762E9A

triadic

#402E9A #9A402E #2E9A40

tetradic

#402E9A #9A2E52 #889A2E #2E9A76

square

#402E9A #9A2E52 #889A2E #2E9A76

split-complementary

#402E9A #9A762E #529A2E

monochromatic

#19123C #2C206B #402E9A #563FC6 #7F6FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#402E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#402E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E9A

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E9A	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E4A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.166 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f68b9',
    500: '#402e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e9a;
$custom-light: #7f68b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39404,
    "c": 0.16643,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E9A

secondary

#ADBB69

accent

#DD4AC5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0612

muted

#7C7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E9A

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

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