#400542#400542

#400542 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.115 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400542
RGB	rgb(64, 5, 66)
HSL	hsl(298, 86%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(298, 92%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 92.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.18, 34.85, -22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.18, 41.59, 326.94°)
OKLab	oklab(26.7% 0.0961 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(26.7% 0.115 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.1519, 1.5921, 5.2945)
Luminance	0.0159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400542 #074205

analogous

#220542 #400542 #420526

triadic

#400542 #424005 #054240

tetradic

#400542 #422205 #074205 #052642

square

#400542 #422205 #074205 #052642

split-complementary

#400542 #264205 #054222

monochromatic

#1C021C #1C021C #400542 #77097B #AE0EB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.93

#400542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#400542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400542

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400542	1.00	15.93	1.32	15.93
#FFFFFF	15.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#421124

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 5, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.115 326.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#784e77',
    500: '#400542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400542;
$custom-light: #784e77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 5,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.033,
    "s": 85.915,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26696,
    "c": 0.11501,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400542

secondary

#248220

accent

#FC2C33

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7ED

border

#C8C3C8

text

#090208

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400542

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

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