#40243E#40243E

#40243E is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.059 H 329.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40243E
RGB	rgb(64, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(304, 28%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(304, 44%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 3.1%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.80, 18.15, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.80, 21.26, 328.60°)
OKLab	oklab(30.73% 0.051 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(30.73% 0.059 329.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.6147, 2.6997, 4.8872)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40243E #244026

analogous

#342440 #40243E #402430

triadic

#40243E #3E4024 #243E40

tetradic

#40243E #403424 #244026 #243040

square

#40243E #403424 #244026 #243040

split-complementary

#40243E #304024 #244034

monochromatic

#140B13 #190E18 #40243E #673A64 #8E508A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.64

#40243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#40243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40243E

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40243E	1.00	13.64	1.54	13.64
#FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A2F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42262E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.059 329.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#755f73',
    500: '#40243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40243e;
$custom-light: #755f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30729,
    "c": 0.05917,
    "h": 329.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40243E

secondary

#4D7350

accent

#C46A63

background

#F7F5F6

surface

#EDE9EC

border

#C8C5C7

text

#080408

muted

#7B797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #40243E

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

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