#400538#400538

#400538 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.107 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400538
RGB	rgb(64, 5, 56)
HSL	hsl(308, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(308, 92%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 92.2%, 12.5%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.51, 33.05, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.51, 37.00, 333.28°)
OKLab	oklab(26% 0.0964 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(26% 0.107 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.8825, 1.4843, 3.8753)
Luminance	0.0148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400538 #05400D

analogous

#2A0540 #400538 #40051A

triadic

#400538 #384005 #053840

tetradic

#400538 #402A05 #05400D #051A40

square

#400538 #402A05 #05400D #051A40

split-complementary

#400538 #1A4005 #05402A

monochromatic

#1C0219 #1C0219 #400538 #79096A #B20E9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.19

#400538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#400538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400538

16.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400538	1.00	16.19	1.30	16.19
#FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#041B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#440B1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 5, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.107 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#784e6f',
    500: '#400538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400538;
$custom-light: #784e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.136,
    "s": 85.507,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26001,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400538

secondary

#20812D

accent

#FC482C

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#090207

muted

#7B787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #400538

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

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