#400E4C#400E4C

#400E4C is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.114 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E4C
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 76)
HSL	hsl(288, 69%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(288, 82%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.8%, 81.6%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.09, 33.51, -26.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.09, 42.78, 321.58°)
OKLab	oklab(28.29% 0.0858 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(28.29% 0.114 319)
XYZ	xyz(3.5757, 1.9260, 7.0195)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E4C #1A4C0E

analogous

#210E4C #400E4C #4C0E39

triadic

#400E4C #4C400E #0E4C40

tetradic

#400E4C #4C210E #1A4C0E #0E394C

square

#400E4C #4C210E #1A4C0E #0E394C

split-complementary

#400E4C #394C0E #0E4C21

monochromatic

#16051A #16051A #400E4C #6C1880 #9721B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.16

#400E4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#400E4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E4C

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E4C	1.00	15.16	1.39	15.16
#FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00234E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12274B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#401B2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.114 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77537e',
    500: '#400e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e4c;
$custom-light: #77537e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.387,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28286,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.01926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E4C

secondary

#40872F

accent

#EC3C5E

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E4C

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

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