#400B49#400B49

#400B49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.114 H 321.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400B49
RGB	rgb(64, 11, 73)
HSL	hsl(291, 74%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(291, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 84.9%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.46, 34.04, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.46, 42.55, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(27.76% 0.0893 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(27.76% 0.114 321.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.4365, 1.8106, 6.4705)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400B49 #14490B

analogous

#210B49 #400B49 #490B33

triadic

#400B49 #49400B #0B4940

tetradic

#400B49 #49210B #14490B #0B3349

square

#400B49 #49210B #14490B #0B3349

split-complementary

#400B49 #33490B #0B4921

monochromatic

#17041B #17041B #400B49 #6F137E #9D1BB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.42

#400B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#400B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400B49

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400B49	1.00	15.42	1.36	15.42
#FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00214B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41182A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 11, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.114 321.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77517c',
    500: '#400b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400b49;
$custom-light: #77517c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.29,
    "s": 73.81,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27764,
    "c": 0.11441,
    "h": 321.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400B49

secondary

#38852A

accent

#F03752

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#090209

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400B49

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

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