#400E59#400E59

#400E59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.127 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E59
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 89)
HSL	hsl(280, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(280, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 84.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.13, 36.49, -33.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.13, 49.71, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(29.35% 0.0835 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(29.35% 0.127 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.0742, 2.1254, 9.6449)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E59 #27590E

analogous

#1A0E59 #400E59 #590E4C

triadic

#400E59 #59400E #0E5940

tetradic

#400E59 #591A0E #27590E #0E4C59

square

#400E59 #591A0E #27590E #0E4C59

split-complementary

#400E59 #4C590E #0E591A

monochromatic

#13041A #1A0624 #400E59 #66168E #8C1FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#400E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#400E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E59

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E59	1.00	14.74	1.43	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D2033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.127 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785388',
    500: '#400e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e59;
$custom-light: #785388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29347,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E59

secondary

#519330

accent

#F03875

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE8F0

border

#C9C4CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E59

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

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