#400D5E#400D5E

#400D5E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.133 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400D5E
RGB	rgb(64, 13, 94)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 86%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 86.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.44, 38.05, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.44, 52.81, 316.11°)
OKLab	oklab(29.69% 0.0831 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(29.69% 0.133 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.2782, 2.1861, 10.7841)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400D5E #2B5E0D

analogous

#170D5E #400D5E #5E0D53

triadic

#400D5E #5E400D #0D5E40

tetradic

#400D5E #5E170D #2B5E0D #0D535E

square

#400D5E #5E170D #2B5E0D #0D535E

split-complementary

#400D5E #535E0D #0D5E17

monochromatic

#12041B #1B0628 #400D5E #651494 #891CCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.61

#400D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#400D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400D5E

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400D5E	1.00	14.61	1.44	14.61
#FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 13, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.133 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79538c',
    500: '#400d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400d5e;
$custom-light: #79538c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 75.701,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29694,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400D5E

secondary

#56982F

accent

#F2367B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE8F0

border

#C9C4CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400D5E

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

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