#400940#400940

#400940 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.108 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400940
RGB	rgb(64, 9, 64)
HSL	hsl(300, 75%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(300, 86%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 85.9%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.57, 32.95, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.57, 38.89, 327.91°)
OKLab	oklab(26.92% 0.092 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(26.92% 0.108 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.1374, 1.6558, 5.0038)
Luminance	0.0166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400940 #094009

analogous

#250940 #400940 #400925

triadic

#400940 #404009 #094040

tetradic

#400940 #402509 #094009 #092540

square

#400940 #402509 #094009 #092540

split-complementary

#400940 #254009 #094025

monochromatic

#1B041B #1B041B #400940 #761176 #AB18AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.78

#400940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#400940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400940

15.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400940	1.00	15.78	1.33	15.78
#FFFFFF	15.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#011E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19253F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#421224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 9, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.108 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775075',
    500: '#400940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400940;
$custom-light: #775075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 9,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 14.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26924,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400940

secondary

#277E27

accent

#F23636

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7ED

border

#C8C3C8

text

#090208

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400940

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

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