#40384A#40384A

#40384A is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.032 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40384A
RGB	rgb(64, 56, 74)
HSL	hsl(267, 14%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(267, 24%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 24.3%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 7.67, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 12.40, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.0186 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.032 305)
XYZ	xyz(4.7643, 4.4128, 7.0780)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40384A #424A38

analogous

#38394A #40384A #49384A

triadic

#40384A #4A4038 #384A40

tetradic

#40384A #4A3839 #424A38 #384A49

square

#40384A #4A3839 #424A38 #384A49

split-complementary

#40384A #4A4938 #394A38

monochromatic

#0F0D11 #221E27 #40384A #5E526D #7C6D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#40384A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#40384A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40384A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40384A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40384A	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#353B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#363B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40384a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 56, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.032 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756e7c',
    500: '#40384a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40384a;
$custom-light: #756e7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40384a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 13.846,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35632,
    "c": 0.03236,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.04413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40384A

secondary

#707A64

accent

#B77198

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#080709

muted

#7B7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #40384A

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

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