#402C4A#402C4A

#402C4A is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.058 H 313.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C4A
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 74)
HSL	hsl(280, 25%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(280, 41%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 40.5%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.53, 15.73, -15.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.53, 21.77, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(32.98% 0.0399 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(32.98% 0.058 313.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2509, 3.3858, 6.9068)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C4A #364A2C

analogous

#312C4A #402C4A #4A2C45

triadic

#402C4A #4A402C #2C4A40

tetradic

#402C4A #4A312C #364A2C #2C454A

square

#402C4A #4A312C #364A2C #2C454A

split-complementary

#402C4A #454A2C #2C4A31

monochromatic

#110B13 #1F1524 #402C4A #614370 #825A97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.52

#402C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#402C4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C4A

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C4A	1.00	12.52	1.68	12.52
#FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#27324B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C3449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.058 313.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75657c',
    500: '#402c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c4a;
$custom-light: #75657c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 25.424,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3298,
    "c": 0.05755,
    "h": 313.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C4A

secondary

#637C56

accent

#C26685

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#080509

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C4A

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

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