#40384E#40384E

#40384E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.039 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#40384E
RGB	rgb(64, 56, 78)
HSL	hsl(262, 16%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(262, 28%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 28.2%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 8.71, -12.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 14.93, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.02 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.039 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.9034, 4.4684, 7.8104)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#40384E #464E38

analogous

#383B4E #40384E #4B384E

triadic

#40384E #4E4038 #384E40

tetradic

#40384E #4E383B #464E38 #384E4B

square

#40384E #4E383B #464E38 #384E4B

split-complementary

#40384E #4E4B38 #3B4E38

monochromatic

#0F0D12 #231E2A #40384E #5D5272 #7B6B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#40384E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#40384E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #40384E

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##40384E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##40384E	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#343C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#353C4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #40384e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 56, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.039 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756e7f',
    500: '#40384e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #40384e;
$custom-light: #756e7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#40384e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 16.418,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35821,
    "c": 0.03878,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#40384E

secondary

#747E64

accent

#B96F9E

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDEBEE

border

#C8C6C9

text

#08070A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #40384E

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