#402E40#402E40

#402E40 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.040 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E40
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 64)
HSL	hsl(300, 16%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(300, 28%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.63, 11.95, -8.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.63, 14.45, 325.78°)
OKLab	oklab(32.91% 0.033 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(32.91% 0.04 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.0167, 3.4143, 5.2969)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E40 #2E402E

analogous

#372E40 #402E40 #402E37

triadic

#402E40 #40402E #2E4040

tetradic

#402E40 #40372E #2E402E #2E3740

square

#402E40 #40372E #2E402E #2E3740

split-complementary

#402E40 #37402E #2E4037

monochromatic

#120D12 #1C141C #402E40 #644864 #876187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#402E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#402E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E40

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E40	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D3241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31353F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#412F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.040 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756774',
    500: '#402e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e40;
$custom-light: #756774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 16.364,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32909,
    "c": 0.03961,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E40

secondary

#597059

accent

#B96F6F

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBED

border

#C8C6C8

text

#080608

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E40

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

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