#402C4E#402C4E

#402C4E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.063 H 310.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402C4E
RGB	rgb(64, 44, 78)
HSL	hsl(275, 28%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(275, 44%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 43.6%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.73, 16.76, -17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.73, 24.18, 313.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.2% 0.041 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(33.2% 0.063 310.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3899, 3.4415, 7.6393)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402C4E #3A4E2C

analogous

#2F2C4E #402C4E #4E2C4B

triadic

#402C4E #4E402C #2C4E40

tetradic

#402C4E #4E2F2C #3A4E2C #2C4B4E

square

#402C4E #4E2F2C #3A4E2C #2C4B4E

split-complementary

#402C4E #4B4E2C #2C4E2F

monochromatic

#100B14 #201627 #402C4E #604275 #80589C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#402C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#402C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402C4E

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402C4E	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#25334F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A344D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3139

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 44, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.063 310.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75657f',
    500: '#402c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402c4e;
$custom-light: #75657f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33202,
    "c": 0.06329,
    "h": 310.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402C4E

secondary

#678056

accent

#C4648B

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#08050A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #402C4E

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

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