#400F59#400F59

#400F59 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.126 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400F59
RGB	rgb(64, 15, 89)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(280, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 83.1%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.27, 36.09, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.27, 49.26, 317.10°)
OKLab	oklab(29.44% 0.0826 -0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(29.44% 0.126 311)
XYZ	xyz(4.0880, 2.1530, 9.6495)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400F59 #28590F

analogous

#1B0F59 #400F59 #590F4D

triadic

#400F59 #59400F #0F5940

tetradic

#400F59 #591B0F #28590F #0F4D59

square

#400F59 #591B0F #28590F #0F4D59

split-complementary

#400F59 #4D590F #0F591B

monochromatic

#13041A #1A0625 #400F59 #66188D #8B21C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#400F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#400F59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400F59

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400F59	1.00	14.68	1.43	14.68
#FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#012957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D2134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 15, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.126 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785488',
    500: '#400f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400f59;
$custom-light: #785488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.73,
    "s": 71.154,
    "l": 20.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29444,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.02153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400F59

secondary

#529331

accent

#EE3A77

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400F59

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

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