#400B4E#400B4E

#400B4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.119 H 318.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400B4E
RGB	rgb(64, 11, 78)
HSL	hsl(287, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(287, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 85.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.84, 35.11, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.84, 45.14, 321.07°)
OKLab	oklab(28.16% 0.0886 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(28.16% 0.119 318)
XYZ	xyz(3.6090, 1.8796, 7.3789)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400B4E #194E0B

analogous

#1F0B4E #400B4E #4E0B3A

triadic

#400B4E #4E400B #0B4E40

tetradic

#400B4E #4E1F0B #194E0B #0B3A4E

square

#400B4E #4E1F0B #194E0B #0B3A4E

split-complementary

#400B4E #3A4E0B #0B4E1F

monochromatic

#16041B #16041B #400B4E #6C1384 #981AB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.26

#400B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#400B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400B4E

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400B4E	1.00	15.26	1.38	15.26
#FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E274D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#401A2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 11, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.119 318.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785180',
    500: '#400b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400b4e;
$custom-light: #785180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.463,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28156,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 318
  },
  "luminance": 0.01879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400B4E

secondary

#3F8A2B

accent

#F2365D

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#09020A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400B4E

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

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