#400E56#400E56

#400E56 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.124 H 312.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E56
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 86)
HSL	hsl(282, 72%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(282, 84%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 83.7%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.88, 35.78, -32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.88, 48.09, 318.07°)
OKLab	oklab(29.09% 0.0842 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(29.09% 0.124 312.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.9508, 2.0761, 8.9949)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E56 #24560E

analogous

#1C0E56 #400E56 #560E48

triadic

#400E56 #56400E #0E5640

tetradic

#400E56 #561C0E #24560E #0E4856

square

#400E56 #561C0E #24560E #0E4856

split-complementary

#400E56 #48560E #0E561C

monochromatic

#14041A #190521 #400E56 #67178B #8E1FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.84

#400E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#400E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E56

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E56	1.00	14.84	1.42	14.84
#FFFFFF	14.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#052955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D1F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.124 312.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785386',
    500: '#400e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e56;
$custom-light: #785386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.667,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29092,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 312.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E56

secondary

#4D9030

accent

#EF3971

background

#F7F4F8

surface

#EEE8EF

border

#C9C4CA

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E56

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

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