#40344E#40344E

#40344E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.047 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40344E
RGB	rgb(64, 52, 78)
HSL	hsl(268, 20%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(268, 33%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 33.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 11.39, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 18.00, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.027 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.047 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.7172, 4.0960, 7.7484)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40344E #424E34

analogous

#34354E #40344E #4D344E

triadic

#40344E #4E4034 #344E40

tetradic

#40344E #4E3435 #424E34 #344E4D

square

#40344E #4E3435 #424E34 #344E4D

split-complementary

#40344E #4E4D34 #354E34

monochromatic

#0F0C12 #221C29 #40344E #5E4C73 #7C6597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#40344E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#40344E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40344E

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40344E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40344E	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F394F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31394D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E383D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40344e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 52, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.047 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756b7f',
    500: '#40344e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40344e;
$custom-light: #756b7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40344e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34917,
    "c": 0.04686,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40344E

secondary

#707E5F

accent

#BD6B97

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#08060A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40344E

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

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