#400B4A#400B4A

#400B4A is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.115 H 320.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400B4A
RGB	rgb(64, 11, 74)
HSL	hsl(290, 74%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(290, 85%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 85.1%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.53, 34.25, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.53, 43.07, 322.69°)
OKLab	oklab(27.84% 0.0892 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(27.84% 0.115 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4699, 1.8239, 6.6465)
Luminance	0.0182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400B4A #154A0B

analogous

#210B4A #400B4A #4A0B35

triadic

#400B4A #4A400B #0B4A40

tetradic

#400B4A #4A210B #154A0B #0B354A

square

#400B4A #4A210B #154A0B #0B354A

split-complementary

#400B4A #354A0B #0B4A21

monochromatic

#17041B #17041B #400B4A #6E137F #9C1BB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.39

#400B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#400B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400B4A

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400B4A	1.00	15.39	1.36	15.39
#FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00214C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#122749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40182A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 11, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.115 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78517d',
    500: '#400b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400b4a;
$custom-light: #78517d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.476,
    "s": 74.118,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27841,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400B4A

secondary

#39862B

accent

#F13755

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#090209

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400B4A

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

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