#400B38#400B38

#400B38 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.099 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400B38
RGB	rgb(64, 11, 56)
HSL	hsl(309, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(309, 83%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 82.8%, 12.5%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.32, 30.71, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.32, 34.33, 333.43°)
OKLab	oklab(26.58% 0.0895 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(26.58% 0.099 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.9479, 1.6151, 3.8971)
Luminance	0.0162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400B38 #0B4013

analogous

#2E0B40 #400B38 #400B1D

triadic

#400B38 #38400B #0B3840

tetradic

#400B38 #402E0B #0B4013 #0B1D40

square

#400B38 #402E0B #0B4013 #0B1D40

split-complementary

#400B38 #1D400B #0B402E

monochromatic

#1A0417 #1A0417 #400B38 #741466 #A81D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.87

#400B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#400B38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400B38

15.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400B38	1.00	15.87	1.32	15.87
#FFFFFF	15.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B1D39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#440F20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 11, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.099 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77506e',
    500: '#400b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400b38;
$custom-light: #77506e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.057,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26584,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400B38

secondary

#2A7D37

accent

#ED553A

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#090207

muted

#7B787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #400B38

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

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