#400D4D#400D4D

#400D4D is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.116 H 318.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400D4D
RGB	rgb(64, 13, 77)
HSL	hsl(288, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(288, 83%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 83.1%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.03, 34.14, -27.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.03, 43.76, 321.27°)
OKLab	oklab(28.26% 0.0868 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(28.26% 0.116 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.5976, 1.9138, 7.1996)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400D4D #1A4D0D

analogous

#200D4D #400D4D #4D0D3A

triadic

#400D4D #4D400D #0D4D40

tetradic

#400D4D #4D200D #1A4D0D #0D3A4D

square

#400D4D #4D200D #1A4D0D #0D3A4D

split-complementary

#400D4D #3A4D0D #0D4D20

monochromatic

#16041A #16041A #400D4D #6C1681 #971FB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.19

#400D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#400D4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400D4D

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400D4D	1.00	15.19	1.38	15.19
#FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10274C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#401B2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 13, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.116 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78527f',
    500: '#400d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400d4d;
$custom-light: #78527f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.813,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28263,
    "c": 0.11597,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400D4D

secondary

#40882E

accent

#EE3A5E

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#09020A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400D4D

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

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