#400E5C#400E5C

#400E5C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.130 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E5C
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 92)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 84.8%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.39, 37.20, -35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.39, 51.32, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29.61% 0.0828 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(29.61% 0.13 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2028, 2.1769, 10.3219)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E5C #2A5C0E

analogous

#190E5C #400E5C #5C0E51

triadic

#400E5C #5C400E #0E5C40

tetradic

#400E5C #5C190E #2A5C0E #0E515C

square

#400E5C #5C190E #2A5C0E #0E515C

split-complementary

#400E5C #515C0E #0E5C19

monochromatic

#12041B #1B0627 #400E5C #651691 #8A1EC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#400E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#400E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E5C

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E5C	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.130 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79548b',
    500: '#400e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e5c;
$custom-light: #79548b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 73.585,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29608,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E5C

secondary

#559630

accent

#F0387A

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E5C

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

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