#400E5B#400E5B

#400E5B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.129 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E5B
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 91)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.7%, 84.6%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.30, 36.96, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.30, 50.78, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(29.52% 0.083 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(29.52% 0.129 310)
XYZ	xyz(4.1593, 2.1595, 10.0932)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E5B #295B0E

analogous

#190E5B #400E5B #5B0E4F

triadic

#400E5B #5B400E #0E5B40

tetradic

#400E5B #5B190E #295B0E #0E4F5B

square

#400E5B #5B190E #295B0E #0E4F5B

split-complementary

#400E5B #4F5B0E #0E5B19

monochromatic

#13041B #1B0626 #400E5B #651690 #8B1EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.67

#400E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#400E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E5B

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E5B	1.00	14.67	1.43	14.67
#FFFFFF	14.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.129 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78538a',
    500: '#400e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e5b;
$custom-light: #78538a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.961,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2952,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.02159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E5B

secondary

#539530

accent

#F03878

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E5B

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

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