#400E42#400E42

#400E42 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.104 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E42
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 66)
HSL	hsl(298, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(298, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 78.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.39, 31.39, -20.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.39, 37.63, 326.51°)
OKLab	oklab(27.55% 0.0864 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(27.55% 0.104 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.2547, 1.7976, 5.3287)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E42 #10420E

analogous

#260E42 #400E42 #420E2A

triadic

#400E42 #42400E #0E4240

tetradic

#400E42 #42260E #10420E #0E2A42

square

#400E42 #42260E #10420E #0E2A42

split-complementary

#400E42 #2A420E #0E4226

monochromatic

#180519 #180519 #400E42 #711974 #A223A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.45

#400E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#400E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E42

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E42	1.00	15.45	1.36	15.45
#FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#421627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.104 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775276',
    500: '#400e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e42;
$custom-light: #775276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.692,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27554,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E42

secondary

#327D2F

accent

#E84046

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7ED

border

#C8C3C8

text

#090208

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E42

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

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