#400840#400840

#400840 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.110 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400840
RGB	rgb(64, 8, 64)
HSL	hsl(300, 78%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(300, 88%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 87.5%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.44, 33.33, -20.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.44, 39.32, 327.95°)
OKLab	oklab(26.83% 0.093 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(26.83% 0.11 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.1266, 1.6341, 5.0002)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400840 #084008

analogous

#240840 #400840 #400824

triadic

#400840 #404008 #084040

tetradic

#400840 #402408 #084008 #082440

square

#400840 #402408 #084008 #082440

split-complementary

#400840 #244008 #084024

monochromatic

#1B031B #1B031B #400840 #760F76 #AD16AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.83

#400840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#400840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400840

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400840	1.00	15.83	1.33	15.83
#FFFFFF	15.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18253F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#421124

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 8, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.110 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775075',
    500: '#400840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400840;
$custom-light: #775075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 8,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26831,
    "c": 0.10957,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400840

secondary

#257E25

accent

#F43434

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7ED

border

#C8C3C8

text

#090208

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400840

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

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