#400D5F#400D5F

#400D5F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.134 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400D5F
RGB	rgb(64, 13, 95)
HSL	hsl(277, 76%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(277, 86%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 86.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.52, 38.29, -37.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.52, 53.34, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(29.78% 0.0828 -0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(29.78% 0.134 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.3234, 2.2041, 11.0219)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400D5F #2C5F0D

analogous

#170D5F #400D5F #5F0D55

triadic

#400D5F #5F400D #0D5F40

tetradic

#400D5F #5F170D #2C5F0D #0D555F

square

#400D5F #5F170D #2C5F0D #0D555F

split-complementary

#400D5F #555F0D #0D5F17

monochromatic

#12041B #1C0629 #400D5F #641495 #891CCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.58

#400D5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#400D5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400D5F

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400D5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400D5F	1.00	14.58	1.44	14.58
#FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400d5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 13, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.134 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79538d',
    500: '#400d5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400d5f;
$custom-light: #79538d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400d5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.317,
    "s": 75.926,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29784,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400D5F

secondary

#57992F

accent

#F3357D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE8F0

border

#C9C4CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400D5F

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

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