#400C38#400C38

#400C38 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.098 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400C38
RGB	rgb(64, 12, 56)
HSL	hsl(309, 68%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(309, 81%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.2%, 12.5%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.46, 30.30, -15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.46, 33.87, 333.46°)
OKLab	oklab(26.69% 0.0883 -0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(26.69% 0.098 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.9597, 1.6387, 3.9010)
Luminance	0.0164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400C38 #0C4014

analogous

#2E0C40 #400C38 #400C1E

triadic

#400C38 #38400C #0C3840

tetradic

#400C38 #402E0C #0C4014 #0C1E40

square

#400C38 #402E0C #0C4014 #0C1E40

split-complementary

#400C38 #1E400C #0C402E

monochromatic

#1A0517 #1A0517 #400C38 #741665 #A71F92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.82

#400C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#400C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400C38

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400C38	1.00	15.82	1.33	15.82
#FFFFFF	15.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C1E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#441020

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 12, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.098 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77516e',
    500: '#400c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400c38;
$custom-light: #77516e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.231,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26687,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400C38

secondary

#2C7C38

accent

#EB573D

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#090207

muted

#7B787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #400C38

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

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