#400E5D#400E5D

#400E5D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.131 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E5D
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 93)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 84.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.48, 37.44, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.48, 51.85, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(29.7% 0.0825 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(29.7% 0.131 309)
XYZ	xyz(4.2468, 2.1945, 10.5537)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E5D #2B5D0E

analogous

#180E5D #400E5D #5D0E52

triadic

#400E5D #5D400E #0E5D40

tetradic

#400E5D #5D180E #2B5D0E #0E525D

square

#400E5D #5D180E #2B5D0E #0E525D

split-complementary

#400E5D #525D0E #0E5D18

monochromatic

#12041B #1B0628 #400E5D #651692 #891EC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#400E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#400E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E5D

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E5D	1.00	14.60	1.44	14.60
#FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.131 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79548c',
    500: '#400e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e5d;
$custom-light: #79548c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.975,
    "s": 73.832,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29696,
    "c": 0.13111,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.02194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E5D

secondary

#569730

accent

#F0377B

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E5D

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

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