#400EB7#400EB7

#400EB7 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.225 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400EB7
RGB	rgb(64, 14, 183)
HSL	hsl(258, 86%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 92%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(65%, 92.3%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.22, 60.31, -76.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.22, 97.29, 308.31°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% 0.0461 -0.2201)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.225 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8160, 4.8221, 45.1514)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400EB7 #85B70E

analogous

#0E31B7 #400EB7 #940EB7

triadic

#400EB7 #B7400E #0EB740

tetradic

#400EB7 #B70E31 #85B70E #0EB794

square

#400EB7 #B70E31 #85B70E #0EB794

split-complementary

#400EB7 #B7940E #31B70E

monochromatic

#180545 #2C0A7E #400EB7 #5515ED #7E4EF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69

#400EB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#400EB7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400EB7

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400EB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400EB7	1.00	10.69	1.96	10.69
#FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0038B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400eb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 14, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.225 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875bce',
    500: '#400eb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400eb7;
$custom-light: #875bce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400eb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.751,
    "s": 85.787,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39228,
    "c": 0.22491,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400EB7

secondary

#ACD34E

accent

#FC2CBE

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F1E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0D0414

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #400EB7

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

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