#400D3C#400D3C

#400D3C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.100 H 331.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400D3C
RGB	rgb(64, 13, 60)
HSL	hsl(305, 66%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(305, 80%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.7%, 6.2%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.85, 30.63, -17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.85, 35.22, 330.43°)
OKLab	oklab(27.05% 0.0874 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(27.05% 0.1 331.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.0739, 1.7043, 4.4412)
Luminance	0.0170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400D3C #0D4011

analogous

#2B0D40 #400D3C #400D22

triadic

#400D3C #3C400D #0D3C40

tetradic

#400D3C #402B0D #0D4011 #0D2240

square

#400D3C #402B0D #0D4011 #0D2240

split-complementary

#400D3C #22400D #0D402B

monochromatic

#190518 #190518 #400D3C #73176C #A6229B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.66

#400D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#400D3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400D3C

15.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400D3C	1.00	15.66	1.34	15.66
#FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#091F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D263B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#431323

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 13, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.100 331.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775172',
    500: '#400d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400d3c;
$custom-light: #775172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.706,
    "s": 66.234,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27045,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 331.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400D3C

secondary

#2D7C33

accent

#E94C3F

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#090208

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400D3C

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

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