#402F8A#402F8A

#402F8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.144 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402F8A
RGB	rgb(64, 47, 138)
HSL	hsl(251, 49%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(251, 66%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 65.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 32.83, -48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 58.42, 304.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.0395 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.144 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7169, 4.9576, 24.5901)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402F8A #798A2F

analogous

#2F4C8A #402F8A #6E2F8A

triadic

#402F8A #8A402F #2F8A40

tetradic

#402F8A #8A2F4C #798A2F #2F8A6E

square

#402F8A #8A2F4C #798A2F #2F8A6E

split-complementary

#402F8A #8A6E2F #4C8A2F

monochromatic

#16102F #2B1F5C #402F8A #553FB8 #7A68CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#402F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#402F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402F8A

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402F8A	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 47, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.144 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c68ad',
    500: '#402f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402f8a;
$custom-light: #7c68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.209,
    "s": 49.189,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38131,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402F8A

secondary

#A4B362

accent

#D94FBF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EEEBF4

border

#C9C6CE

text

#0A0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #402F8A

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

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