#400E5A#400E5A

#400E5A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.128 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E5A
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 90)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(279, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 84.4%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.22, 36.72, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.22, 50.24, 316.96°)
OKLab	oklab(29.43% 0.0833 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(29.43% 0.128 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.1165, 2.1423, 9.8675)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E5A #285A0E

analogous

#1A0E5A #400E5A #5A0E4E

triadic

#400E5A #5A400E #0E5A40

tetradic

#400E5A #5A1A0E #285A0E #0E4E5A

square

#400E5A #5A1A0E #285A0E #0E4E5A

split-complementary

#400E5A #4E5A0E #0E5A1A

monochromatic

#13041A #1A0625 #400E5A #66168F #8B1EC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.70

#400E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#400E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E5A

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E5A	1.00	14.70	1.43	14.70
#FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.128 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785389',
    500: '#400e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e5a;
$custom-light: #785389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.474,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29433,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E5A

secondary

#529430

accent

#F03877

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE8F0

border

#C9C4CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E5A

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

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