#400D4F#400D4F

#400D4F is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.118 H 317.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400D4F
RGB	rgb(64, 13, 79)
HSL	hsl(286, 72%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(286, 84%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(19%, 83.5%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.18, 34.58, -28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.18, 44.81, 320.50°)
OKLab	oklab(28.42% 0.0865 -0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(28.42% 0.118 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6694, 1.9425, 7.5773)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400D4F #1C4F0D

analogous

#1F0D4F #400D4F #4F0D3D

triadic

#400D4F #4F400D #0D4F40

tetradic

#400D4F #4F1F0D #1C4F0D #0D3D4F

square

#400D4F #4F1F0D #1C4F0D #0D3D4F

split-complementary

#400D4F #3D4F0D #0D4F1F

monochromatic

#15041A #15041A #400D4F #6B1684 #951EB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.13

#400D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#400D4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400D4F

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400D4F	1.00	15.13	1.39	15.13
#FFFFFF	15.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E284E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F1B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 13, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.118 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785281',
    500: '#400d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400d4f;
$custom-light: #785281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28421,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400D4F

secondary

#438A2E

accent

#EE3962

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#09020A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400D4F

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

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