#400A38#400A38

#400A38 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.100 H 334.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400A38
RGB	rgb(64, 10, 56)
HSL	hsl(309, 73%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(309, 84%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 84.4%, 12.5%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.19, 31.09, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.19, 34.77, 333.40°)
OKLab	oklab(26.49% 0.0906 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(26.49% 0.1 334.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.9367, 1.5929, 3.8934)
Luminance	0.0159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400A38 #0A4012

analogous

#2D0A40 #400A38 #400A1D

triadic

#400A38 #38400A #0A3840

tetradic

#400A38 #402D0A #0A4012 #0A1D40

square

#400A38 #402D0A #0A4012 #0A1D40

split-complementary

#400A38 #1D400A #0A402D

monochromatic

#1A0417 #1A0417 #400A38 #751266 #AA1B95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.93

#400A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#400A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400A38

15.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400A38	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)

#0A1D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#440F20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 10, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.100 334.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77506e',
    500: '#400a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400a38;
$custom-light: #77506e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 10,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.889,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26487,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 334.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400A38

secondary

#297D35

accent

#F05338

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#090207

muted

#7B787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #400A38

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

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