#400E4B#400E4B

#400E4B is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.113 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E4B
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 75)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(289, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.7%, 81.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.02, 33.29, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.02, 42.25, 322.00°)
OKLab	oklab(28.21% 0.0859 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(28.21% 0.113 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.5412, 1.9122, 6.8378)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E4B #194B0E

analogous

#210E4B #400E4B #4B0E38

triadic

#400E4B #4B400E #0E4B40

tetradic

#400E4B #4B210E #194B0E #0E384B

square

#400E4B #4B210E #194B0E #0E384B

split-complementary

#400E4B #384B0E #0E4B21

monochromatic

#16051A #16051A #400E4B #6C187F #9821B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.19

#400E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#400E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E4B

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E4B	1.00	15.19	1.38	15.19
#FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13274A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#401A2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.113 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77537e',
    500: '#400e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e4b;
$custom-light: #77537e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.18,
    "s": 68.539,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28209,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E4B

secondary

#3F862F

accent

#EB3C5C

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E4B

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

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