#400F5E#400F5E

#400F5E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.131 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400F5E
RGB	rgb(64, 15, 94)
HSL	hsl(277, 72%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.9%, 84%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.70, 37.29, -36.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.70, 51.96, 315.86°)
OKLab	oklab(29.88% 0.0813 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(29.88% 0.131 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.3051, 2.2399, 10.7930)
Luminance	0.0224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400F5E #2D5E0F

analogous

#190F5E #400F5E #5E0F55

triadic

#400F5E #5E400F #0F5E40

tetradic

#400F5E #5E190F #2D5E0F #0F555E

square

#400F5E #5E190F #2D5E0F #0F555E

split-complementary

#400F5E #555E0F #0F5E19

monochromatic

#12041A #1C0729 #400F5E #641793 #8820C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.50

#400F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#400F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400F5E

14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400F5E	1.00	14.50	1.45	14.50
#FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 15, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.131 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79548c',
    500: '#400f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400f5e;
$custom-light: #79548c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.215,
    "s": 72.477,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29879,
    "c": 0.13109,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400F5E

secondary

#589731

accent

#EF397E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400F5E

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

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