#400E49#400E49

#400E49 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.111 H 321.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E49
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 73)
HSL	hsl(291, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(291, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 80.8%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.87, 32.86, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.87, 41.21, 322.88°)
OKLab	oklab(28.06% 0.0861 -0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(28.06% 0.111 321.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4739, 1.8853, 6.4830)
Luminance	0.0188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E49 #17490E

analogous

#220E49 #400E49 #490E35

triadic

#400E49 #49400E #0E4940

tetradic

#400E49 #49220E #17490E #0E3549

square

#400E49 #49220E #17490E #0E3549

split-complementary

#400E49 #35490E #0E4922

monochromatic

#17051A #17051A #400E49 #6D187C #9A22B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.25

#400E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#400E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E49

15.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E49	1.00	15.25	1.38	15.25
#FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41192A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.111 321.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77527c',
    500: '#400e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e49;
$custom-light: #77527c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.847,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28058,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 321.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E49

secondary

#3C842F

accent

#EB3D58

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#090209

muted

#7B787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E49

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

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