#440E59#440E59

#440E59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.128 H 314.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#440E59
RGB	rgb(68, 14, 89)
HSL	hsl(283, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(283, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 84.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.82, 37.31, -32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.82, 49.55, 318.84°)
OKLab	oklab(29.97% 0.0894 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(29.97% 0.128 314.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.3438, 2.2644, 9.6575)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 3.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#440E59 #23590E

analogous

#1E0E59 #440E59 #590E48

triadic

#440E59 #59440E #0E5944

tetradic

#440E59 #591E0E #23590E #0E4859

square

#440E59 #591E0E #23590E #0E4859

split-complementary

#440E59 #48590E #0E591E

monochromatic

#14041A #1C0624 #440E59 #6C168E #951FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.45

#440E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#440E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #440E59

14.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##440E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##440E59	1.00	14.45	1.45	14.45
#FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#072B57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #440e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(68, 14, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.128 314.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5488',
    500: '#440e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #440e59;
$custom-light: #7b5488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#440e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 68,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.2,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29968,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 314.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#440E59

secondary

#4C9330

accent

#F0386C

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #440E59

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

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