#402D4E#402D4E

#402D4E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.061 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402D4E
RGB	rgb(64, 45, 78)
HSL	hsl(275, 27%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(275, 42%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 42.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 16.09, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 23.41, 313.41°)
OKLab	oklab(33.41% 0.0392 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(33.41% 0.061 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4276, 3.5169, 7.6518)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402D4E #3B4E2D

analogous

#302D4E #402D4E #4E2D4C

triadic

#402D4E #4E402D #2D4E40

tetradic

#402D4E #4E302D #3B4E2D #2D4C4E

square

#402D4E #4E302D #3B4E2D #2D4C4E

split-complementary

#402D4E #4C4E2D #2D4E30

monochromatic

#100B13 #201727 #402D4E #604375 #805A9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#402D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#402D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402D4E

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402D4E	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#26344F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B354D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3239

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 45, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.061 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75667f',
    500: '#402d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402d4e;
$custom-light: #75667f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 24.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33409,
    "c": 0.06124,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402D4E

secondary

#688057

accent

#C3658D

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#08060A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #402D4E

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

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