#403856#403856

#403856 is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.052 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#403856
RGB	rgb(64, 56, 86)
HSL	hsl(256, 21%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(256, 35%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.53, 10.88, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.53, 20.04, 302.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0227 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.052 296)
XYZ	xyz(5.2079, 4.5902, 9.4139)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#403856 #4E5638

analogous

#383F56 #403856 #4F3856

triadic

#403856 #564038 #385640

tetradic

#403856 #56383F #4E5638 #38564F

square

#403856 #56383F #4E5638 #38564F

split-complementary

#403856 #564F38 #3F5638

monochromatic

#0E0C13 #242031 #403856 #5C507B #786A9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#403856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#403856 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #403856

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##403856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##403856	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#313D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#323C55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #403856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 56, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.052 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#756e85',
    500: '#403856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #403856;
$custom-light: #756e85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#403856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256,
    "s": 21.127,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36228,
    "c": 0.05179,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.0459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#403856

secondary

#7D8664

accent

#BE6AA7

background

#F7F6F8

surface

#EDEBEF

border

#C8C6CA

text

#08070B

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #403856

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

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