#400F72#400F72

#400F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.152 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#400F72
RGB	rgb(64, 15, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 77%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(270, 87%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 86.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.57, 42.28, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.57, 62.67, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(31.76% 0.0749 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(31.76% 0.152 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.3217, 2.6465, 16.1468)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#400F72 #41720F

analogous

#0F0F72 #400F72 #710F72

triadic

#400F72 #72400F #0F7240

tetradic

#400F72 #720F0F #41720F #0F7271

square

#400F72 #720F0F #41720F #0F7271

split-complementary

#400F72 #72710F #0F720F

monochromatic

#0F041B #22083C #400F72 #5E16A8 #7D1DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.73

#400F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#400F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #400F72

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##400F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##400F72	1.00	13.73	1.53	13.73
#FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#342C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #400f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 15, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.152 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b559b',
    500: '#400f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #400f72;
$custom-light: #7b559b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#400f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.697,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31755,
    "c": 0.15211,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#400F72

secondary

#6FAA33

accent

#F33595

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEE9F2

border

#C9C5CC

text

#0A030E

muted

#7C787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #400F72

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

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