#400F5F#400F5F

#400F5F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.132 H 307.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400F5F
RGB	rgb(64, 15, 95)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(277, 84%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 84.2%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.79, 37.53, -36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.79, 52.50, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(29.97% 0.0811 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(29.97% 0.132 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3503, 2.2579, 11.0309)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400F5F #2E5F0F

analogous

#180F5F #400F5F #5F0F56

triadic

#400F5F #5F400F #0F5F40

tetradic

#400F5F #5F180F #2E5F0F #0F565F

square

#400F5F #5F180F #2E5F0F #0F565F

split-complementary

#400F5F #565F0F #0F5F18

monochromatic

#12041A #1C072A #400F5F #641794 #8720C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#400F5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#400F5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400F5F

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400F5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400F5F	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B2437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400f5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 15, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.132 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79548d',
    500: '#400f5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400f5f;
$custom-light: #79548d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400f5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.75,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29968,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400F5F

secondary

#599832

accent

#EF387F

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09030C

muted

#7B787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #400F5F

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

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