#400E38#400E38

#400E38 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.095 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E38
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 56)
HSL	hsl(310, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(310, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 12.5%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.77, 29.45, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.77, 32.89, 333.54°)
OKLab	oklab(26.91% 0.0858 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(26.91% 0.095 335)
XYZ	xyz(2.9852, 1.6898, 3.9096)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#400E38 #0E4016

analogous

#2F0E40 #400E38 #400E1F

triadic

#400E38 #38400E #0E3840

tetradic

#400E38 #402F0E #0E4016 #0E1F40

square

#400E38 #402F0E #0E4016 #0E1F40

split-complementary

#400E38 #1F400E #0E402F

monochromatic

#190516 #190516 #400E38 #721964 #A42490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.70

#400E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#400E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E38

15.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E38	1.00	15.70	1.34	15.70
#FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E1E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#431221

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.095 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77526e',
    500: '#400e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e38;
$custom-light: #77526e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.6,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26906,
    "c": 0.09466,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.0169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E38

secondary

#2F7B3B

accent

#E75B41

background

#F7F4F6

surface

#EDE7EC

border

#C8C3C7

text

#090207

muted

#7B787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E38

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

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