#400E5E#400E5E

#400E5E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.132 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E5E
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 94)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 85.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.56, 37.68, -36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.56, 52.39, 315.99°)
OKLab	oklab(29.79% 0.0822 -0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(29.79% 0.132 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.2913, 2.2123, 10.7885)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E5E #2C5E0E

analogous

#180E5E #400E5E #5E0E54

triadic

#400E5E #5E400E #0E5E40

tetradic

#400E5E #5E180E #2C5E0E #0E545E

square

#400E5E #5E180E #2C5E0E #0E545E

split-complementary

#400E5E #545E0E #0E5E18

monochromatic

#12041B #1C0629 #400E5E #641693 #891EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#400E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#400E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E5E

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E5E	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.132 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79548c',
    500: '#400e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e5e;
$custom-light: #79548c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29785,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E5E

secondary

#579830

accent

#F1377D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E5E

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

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