#400B42#400B42

#400B42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.108 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400B42
RGB	rgb(64, 11, 66)
HSL	hsl(298, 71%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(298, 83%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 83.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.96, 32.60, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.96, 39.02, 326.67°)
OKLab	oklab(27.25% 0.0898 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(27.25% 0.108 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2173, 1.7229, 5.3163)
Luminance	0.0172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400B42 #0D420B

analogous

#240B42 #400B42 #420B29

triadic

#400B42 #42400B #0B4240

tetradic

#400B42 #42240B #0D420B #0B2942

square

#400B42 #42240B #0D420B #0B2942

split-complementary

#400B42 #29420B #0B4224

monochromatic

#19041A #19041A #400B42 #731476 #A61CAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.62

#400B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#400B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400B42

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400B42	1.00	15.62	1.34	15.62
#FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#011F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#421426

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 11, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.108 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775176',
    500: '#400b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400b42;
$custom-light: #775176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.818,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27249,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400B42

secondary

#2D7F2A

accent

#EE3A40

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7ED

border

#C8C3C8

text

#090208

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400B42

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

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