#400F5A#400F5A

#400F5A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.127 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400F5A
RGB	rgb(64, 15, 90)
HSL	hsl(279, 71%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(279, 83%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 83.3%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.35, 36.33, -34.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.35, 49.80, 316.84°)
OKLab	oklab(29.53% 0.0823 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(29.53% 0.127 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1303, 2.1699, 9.8721)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400F5A #295A0F

analogous

#1A0F5A #400F5A #5A0F4E

triadic

#400F5A #5A400F #0F5A40

tetradic

#400F5A #5A1A0F #295A0F #0F4E5A

square

#400F5A #5A1A0F #295A0F #0F4E5A

split-complementary

#400F5A #4E5A0F #0F5A1A

monochromatic

#13041A #1B0626 #400F5A #65188E #8B20C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#400F5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#400F5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400F5A

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400F5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400F5A	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C2134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400f5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 15, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.127 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785489',
    500: '#400f5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400f5a;
$custom-light: #785489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400f5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.2,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2953,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400F5A

secondary

#539431

accent

#EE3A78

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #400F5A

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

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