#402E4E#402E4E

#402E4E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.059 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#402E4E
RGB	rgb(64, 46, 78)
HSL	hsl(274, 26%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(274, 41%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 41%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.28, 15.42, -16.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.28, 22.64, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.62% 0.0375 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(33.62% 0.059 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4662, 3.5941, 7.6647)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#402E4E #3C4E2E

analogous

#302E4E #402E4E #4E2E4C

triadic

#402E4E #4E402E #2E4E40

tetradic

#402E4E #4E302E #3C4E2E #2E4C4E

square

#402E4E #4E302E #3C4E2E #2E4C4E

split-complementary

#402E4E #4C4E2E #2E4E30

monochromatic

#100B13 #201728 #402E4E #604574 #7F5B9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#402E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#402E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #402E4E

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##402E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##402E4E	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#28344F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C364D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E333A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #402e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 46, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.059 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75677f',
    500: '#402e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #402e4e;
$custom-light: #75677f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#402e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 24.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33618,
    "c": 0.05919,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#402E4E

secondary

#697F58

accent

#C2668E

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#08060A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #402E4E

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

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