#402A42#402A42

#402A42 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.051 H 323.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402A42
RGB	rgb(64, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(295, 22%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(295, 36%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 36.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.59, 15.10, -11.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.59, 18.73, 323.75°)
OKLab	oklab(32.15% 0.0411 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(32.15% 0.051 323.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9256, 3.1394, 5.5524)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402A42 #2C422A

analogous

#342A42 #402A42 #422A38

triadic

#402A42 #42402A #2A4240

tetradic

#402A42 #42342A #2C422A #2A3842

square

#402A42 #42342A #2C422A #2A3842

split-complementary

#402A42 #38422A #2A4234

monochromatic

#120C13 #1C121D #402A42 #644267 #895A8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#402A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#402A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402A42

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402A42	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#283043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D3341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412C33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.051 323.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756476',
    500: '#402a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402a42;
$custom-light: #756476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 22.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32147,
    "c": 0.05098,
    "h": 323.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402A42

secondary

#577354

accent

#BF6970

background

#F7F5F7

surface

#EDEAED

border

#C8C6C8

text

#080508

muted

#7B797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #402A42

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

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