#40304E#40304E

#40304E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.055 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40304E
RGB	rgb(64, 48, 78)
HSL	hsl(272, 24%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(272, 38%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 38.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.84, 14.08, -15.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.84, 21.10, 311.87°)
OKLab	oklab(34.04% 0.034 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(34.04% 0.055 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5462, 3.7540, 7.6913)
Luminance	0.0375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40304E #3E4E30

analogous

#31304E #40304E #4E304D

triadic

#40304E #4E4030 #304E40

tetradic

#40304E #4E3130 #3E4E30 #304D4E

square

#40304E #4E3130 #3E4E30 #304D4E

split-complementary

#40304E #4D4E30 #304E31

monochromatic

#100C13 #211928 #40304E #5F4774 #7E5F9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#40304E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#40304E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40304E

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40304E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40304E	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A364F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E374D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E343B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40304e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 48, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.055 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75687f',
    500: '#40304e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40304e;
$custom-light: #75687f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40304e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34043,
    "c": 0.05508,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40304E

secondary

#6C7F5B

accent

#C06891

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#08060A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40304E

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

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