#400D38#400D38

#400D38 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.096 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400D38
RGB	rgb(64, 13, 56)
HSL	hsl(309, 66%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(309, 80%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 12.5%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.61, 29.88, -14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.61, 33.39, 333.50°)
OKLab	oklab(26.79% 0.0871 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(26.79% 0.096 335)
XYZ	xyz(2.9721, 1.6636, 3.9052)
Luminance	0.0166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400D38 #0D4015

analogous

#2F0D40 #400D38 #400D1E

triadic

#400D38 #38400D #0D3840

tetradic

#400D38 #402F0D #0D4015 #0D1E40

square

#400D38 #402F0D #0D4015 #0D1E40

split-complementary

#400D38 #1E400D #0D402F

monochromatic

#190516 #190516 #400D38 #731765 #A62291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.76

#400D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#400D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400D38

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400D38	1.00	15.76	1.33	15.76
#FFFFFF	15.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D1E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#441121

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 13, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.096 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77516e',
    500: '#400d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400d38;
$custom-light: #77516e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.412,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26794,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.01663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400D38

secondary

#2D7C3A

accent

#E9593F

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#090207

muted

#7B787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #400D38

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

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