#402C40#402C40

#402C40 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.044 H 326.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C40
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 64)
HSL	hsl(300, 19%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(300, 31%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 13.30, -8.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 16.05, 325.93°)
OKLab	oklab(32.47% 0.0367 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(32.47% 0.044 326.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9404, 3.2616, 5.2715)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C40 #2C402C

analogous

#362C40 #402C40 #402C36

triadic

#402C40 #40402C #2C4040

tetradic

#402C40 #40362C #2C402C #2C3640

square

#402C40 #40362C #2C402C #2C3640

split-complementary

#402C40 #36402C #2C4036

monochromatic

#120C12 #1C131C #402C40 #644564 #895E89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#402C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#402C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C40

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C40	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B3141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2F343F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.044 326.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756574',
    500: '#402c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c40;
$custom-light: #756574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32474,
    "c": 0.04404,
    "h": 326.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C40

secondary

#577157

accent

#BB6D6D

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBED

border

#C8C6C8

text

#080508

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C40

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

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