#400E50#400E50

#400E50 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.118 H 316.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E50
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 80)
HSL	hsl(285, 70%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(285, 83%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(20%, 82.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.40, 34.40, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.40, 44.89, 320.03°)
OKLab	oklab(28.6% 0.0853 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(28.6% 0.118 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.7191, 1.9834, 7.7748)
Luminance	0.0198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E50 #1E500E

analogous

#1F0E50 #400E50 #500E3F

triadic

#400E50 #50400E #0E5040

tetradic

#400E50 #501F0E #1E500E #0E3F50

square

#400E50 #501F0E #1E500E #0E3F50

split-complementary

#400E50 #3F500E #0E501F

monochromatic

#15051A #16051C #400E50 #6A1784 #9320B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.04

#400E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#400E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E50

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E50	1.00	15.04	1.40	15.04
#FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E284F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F1C2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.118 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785381',
    500: '#400e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e50;
$custom-light: #785381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.455,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.286,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E50

secondary

#458B2F

accent

#ED3B66

background

#F7F4F7

surface

#EDE7EE

border

#C8C3C9

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E50

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

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