#400E51#400E51

#400E51 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.119 H 315.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E51
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 81)
HSL	hsl(285, 71%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(285, 83%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 82.7%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.48, 34.63, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.48, 45.42, 319.68°)
OKLab	oklab(28.68% 0.0851 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(28.68% 0.119 315.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7564, 1.9983, 7.9708)
Luminance	0.0200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E51 #1F510E

analogous

#1E0E51 #400E51 #510E40

triadic

#400E51 #51400E #0E5140

tetradic

#400E51 #511E0E #1F510E #0E4051

square

#400E51 #511E0E #1F510E #0E4051

split-complementary

#400E51 #40510E #0E511E

monochromatic

#15051A #17051D #400E51 #691785 #9220B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.00

#400E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#400E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E51

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E51	1.00	15.00	1.40	15.00
#FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D2850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F1D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.119 315.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785382',
    500: '#400e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e51;
$custom-light: #785382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.776,
    "s": 70.526,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2868,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 315.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E51

secondary

#478C2F

accent

#ED3A68

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EDE7EF

border

#C8C3CA

text

#09030A

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E51

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

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