#400D4E#400D4E

#400D4E is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.117 H 317.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400D4E
RGB	rgb(64, 13, 78)
HSL	hsl(287, 71%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(287, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.11, 34.36, -27.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.11, 44.28, 320.88°)
OKLab	oklab(28.34% 0.0866 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(28.34% 0.117 317.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6332, 1.9281, 7.3870)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400D4E #1B4E0D

analogous

#1F0D4E #400D4E #4E0D3B

triadic

#400D4E #4E400D #0D4E40

tetradic

#400D4E #4E1F0D #1B4E0D #0D3B4E

square

#400D4E #4E1F0D #1B4E0D #0D3B4E

split-complementary

#400D4E #3B4E0D #0D4E1F

monochromatic

#16041A #16041A #400D4E #6B1682 #961EB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.16

#400D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#400D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400D4E

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400D4E	1.00	15.16	1.39	15.16
#FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F274D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F1B2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 13, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.117 317.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785280',
    500: '#400d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400d4e;
$custom-light: #785280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.077,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28342,
    "c": 0.11697,
    "h": 317.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400D4E

secondary

#41892E

accent

#EE3A61

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#09020A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400D4E

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

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