#400D56#400D56

#400D56 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.125 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400D56
RGB	rgb(64, 13, 86)
HSL	hsl(282, 74%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(282, 85%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 84.9%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.75, 36.17, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.75, 48.53, 318.19°)
OKLab	oklab(29% 0.0851 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(29% 0.125 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.9377, 2.0498, 8.9905)
Luminance	0.0205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400D56 #23560D

analogous

#1C0D56 #400D56 #560D48

triadic

#400D56 #56400D #0D5640

tetradic

#400D56 #561C0D #23560D #0D4856

square

#400D56 #561C0D #23560D #0D4856

split-complementary

#400D56 #48560D #0D561C

monochromatic

#14041B #180521 #400D56 #68158B #8F1DC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.89

#400D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#400D56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400D56

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400D56	1.00	14.89	1.41	14.89
#FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#042854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E1F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 13, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.125 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785386',
    500: '#400d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400d56;
$custom-light: #785386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.918,
    "s": 73.737,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28997,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400D56

secondary

#4C912E

accent

#F0376F

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EEE7EF

border

#C9C3CA

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400D56

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

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