#400C42#400C42

#400C42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.107 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400C42
RGB	rgb(64, 12, 66)
HSL	hsl(298, 69%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(298, 82%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 81.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.10, 32.21, -21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.10, 38.58, 326.62°)
OKLab	oklab(27.35% 0.0887 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(27.35% 0.107 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2291, 1.7465, 5.3202)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400C42 #0E420C

analogous

#250C42 #400C42 #420C29

triadic

#400C42 #42400C #0C4240

tetradic

#400C42 #42250C #0E420C #0C2942

square

#400C42 #42250C #0E420C #0C2942

split-complementary

#400C42 #29420C #0C4225

monochromatic

#19051A #19051A #400C42 #721576 #A41FAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.56

#400C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#400C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400C42

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400C42	1.00	15.56	1.35	15.56
#FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#421526

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 12, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.107 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775176',
    500: '#400c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400c42;
$custom-light: #775176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.778,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27346,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400C42

secondary

#2F7E2C

accent

#EC3C42

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7ED

border

#C8C3C8

text

#090208

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400C42

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

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