#400F5D#400F5D

#400F5D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.130 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400F5D
RGB	rgb(64, 15, 93)
HSL	hsl(278, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(278, 84%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 83.9%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.61, 37.05, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.61, 51.42, 316.10°)
OKLab	oklab(29.79% 0.0816 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(29.79% 0.13 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.2606, 2.2220, 10.5583)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400F5D #2C5D0F

analogous

#190F5D #400F5D #5D0F53

triadic

#400F5D #5D400F #0F5D40

tetradic

#400F5D #5D190F #2C5D0F #0F535D

square

#400F5D #5D190F #2C5D0F #0F535D

split-complementary

#400F5D #535D0F #0F5D19

monochromatic

#12041A #1C0628 #400F5D #641792 #8920C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.54

#400F5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#400F5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400F5D

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400F5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400F5D	1.00	14.54	1.44	14.54
#FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2336

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400f5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 15, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.130 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79548b',
    500: '#400f5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400f5d;
$custom-light: #79548b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400f5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.692,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29791,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400F5D

secondary

#579631

accent

#EF397D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400F5D

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

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