#401559#401559

#401559 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.118 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#401559
RGB	rgb(64, 21, 89)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.22, 33.39, -32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.22, 46.25, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(30.11% 0.0761 -0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(30.11% 0.118 310)
XYZ	xyz(4.1853, 2.3477, 9.6819)
Luminance	0.0235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#401559 #2E5915

analogous

#1E1559 #401559 #591550

triadic

#401559 #594015 #155940

tetradic

#401559 #591E15 #2E5915 #155059

square

#401559 #591E15 #2E5915 #155059

split-complementary

#401559 #505915 #15591E

monochromatic

#120619 #1C0927 #401559 #64218B #872CBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.29

#401559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#401559 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #401559

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##401559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##401559	1.00	14.29	1.47	14.29
#FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#082B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D2435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #401559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 21, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.118 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785788',
    500: '#401559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #401559;
$custom-light: #785788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#401559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.941,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30113,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.02348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#401559

secondary

#599139

accent

#E5437E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EDE9F0

border

#C8C5CB

text

#09030B

muted

#7B787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #401559

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

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