#402E42#402E42

#402E42 is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.042 H 323.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E42
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 66)
HSL	hsl(294, 18%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(294, 30%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 30.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.72, 12.42, -9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.72, 15.55, 323.00°)
OKLab	oklab(33% 0.0337 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(33% 0.042 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0746, 3.4374, 5.6021)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E42 #30422E

analogous

#362E42 #402E42 #422E3A

triadic

#402E42 #42402E #2E4240

tetradic

#402E42 #42362E #30422E #2E3A42

square

#402E42 #42362E #30422E #2E3A42

split-complementary

#402E42 #3A422E #2E4236

monochromatic

#110D12 #1D151E #402E42 #634766 #86608A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.45

#402E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#402E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E42

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E42	1.00	12.45	1.69	12.45
#FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C3343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#303541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413035

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.042 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756776',
    500: '#402e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e42;
$custom-light: #756776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294,
    "s": 17.857,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33002,
    "c": 0.04219,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E42

secondary

#5C7359

accent

#BB6D75

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBED

border

#C8C6C8

text

#080608

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E42

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

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