#400B4D#400B4D

#400B4D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.118 H 318.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400B4D
RGB	rgb(64, 11, 77)
HSL	hsl(288, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(288, 86%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 85.7%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.76, 34.90, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.76, 44.62, 321.46°)
OKLab	oklab(28.08% 0.0887 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(28.08% 0.118 318.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.5734, 1.8653, 7.1916)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400B4D #184D0B

analogous

#1F0B4D #400B4D #4D0B39

triadic

#400B4D #4D400B #0B4D40

tetradic

#400B4D #4D1F0B #184D0B #0B394D

square

#400B4D #4D1F0B #184D0B #0B394D

split-complementary

#400B4D #394D0B #0B4D1F

monochromatic

#16041B #16041B #400B4D #6D1383 #991AB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.29

#400B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#400B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400B4D

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400B4D	1.00	15.29	1.37	15.29
#FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F274C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#401A2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 11, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.118 318.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78517f',
    500: '#400b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400b4d;
$custom-light: #78517f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.182,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28076,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 318.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400B4D

secondary

#3D892B

accent

#F2365B

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#09020A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400B4D

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

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