#400C50#400C50

#400C50 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.120 H 316.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400C50
RGB	rgb(64, 12, 80)
HSL	hsl(286, 74%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(286, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 85%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.13, 35.19, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.13, 45.77, 320.24°)
OKLab	oklab(28.41% 0.0873 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(28.41% 0.12 316.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.6936, 1.9323, 7.7663)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#400C50 #1C500C

analogous

#1E0C50 #400C50 #500C3E

triadic

#400C50 #50400C #0C5040

tetradic

#400C50 #501E0C #1C500C #0C3E50

square

#400C50 #501E0C #1C500C #0C3E50

split-complementary

#400C50 #3E500C #0C501E

monochromatic

#15041B #15041B #400C50 #6B1485 #951CBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.15

#400C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#400C50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400C50

15.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400C50	1.00	15.15	1.39	15.15
#FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C274F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F1B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 12, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.120 316.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785281',
    500: '#400c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400c50;
$custom-light: #785281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.882,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28407,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 316.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400C50

secondary

#438B2C

accent

#F13763

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#09020A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400C50

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

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