#400E5F#400E5F

#400E5F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.133 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400E5F
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 95)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 85.3%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.65, 37.92, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.65, 52.93, 315.76°)
OKLab	oklab(29.87% 0.0819 -0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(29.87% 0.133 308)
XYZ	xyz(4.3365, 2.2304, 11.0263)
Luminance	0.0223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400E5F #2D5F0E

analogous

#180E5F #400E5F #5F0E56

triadic

#400E5F #5F400E #0E5F40

tetradic

#400E5F #5F180E #2D5F0E #0E565F

square

#400E5F #5F180E #2D5F0E #0E565F

split-complementary

#400E5F #565F0E #0E5F18

monochromatic

#12041B #1C062A #400E5F #641694 #881ECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.52

#400E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#400E5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400E5F

14.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400E5F	1.00	14.52	1.45	14.52
#FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.133 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79548d',
    500: '#400e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400e5f;
$custom-light: #79548d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.037,
    "s": 74.312,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29874,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.0223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400E5F

secondary

#589930

accent

#F1377E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400E5F

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

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