#400D5C#400D5C

#400D5C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.131 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400D5C
RGB	rgb(64, 13, 92)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 86%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 85.9%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.26, 37.58, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.26, 51.74, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(29.52% 0.0836 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(29.52% 0.131 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1897, 2.1506, 10.3175)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400D5C #295C0D

analogous

#180D5C #400D5C #5C0D50

triadic

#400D5C #5C400D #0D5C40

tetradic

#400D5C #5C180D #295C0D #0D505C

square

#400D5C #5C180D #295C0D #0D505C

split-complementary

#400D5C #505C0D #0D5C18

monochromatic

#13041B #1B0526 #400D5C #651592 #8B1CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#400D5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#400D5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400D5C

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400D5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400D5C	1.00	14.68	1.43	14.68
#FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400d5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 13, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.131 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79538b',
    500: '#400d5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400d5c;
$custom-light: #79538b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400d5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.734,
    "s": 75.238,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29516,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400D5C

secondary

#53962F

accent

#F23679

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE8F0

border

#C9C4CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400D5C

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

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